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-David Dubal, faculty, the Juilliard School, WQXR host, and author of "The Essential Canon of Classical Music" and "The Art of the Piano"

On a cold dark night in early March 1970, two boats are discovered tied to a pier and bobbing gently in the still waters that ebb...

And at the start of the new millennium, a pudgy young writer, Rex Shell, engages his ownlegs and arms and takes up running to lose weight. When a new job takes him from Atlanta to The Pauktaug Press on Long Island's north shore, young Shell takes noticeof a pair ofhardly youthful local men who show promise of shattering the world record for the 10-kilometer distance.

One of these runners happens to...

In provocative and entertaining essays that] will appeal to reflective readers, parents, and educators (Library Journal), one of the country s foremost education writers looks at the stories we tell our children. Available now in a revised edition, including a new essay on the importance of stoop-sitting and storytelling, Should We Burn Babar? challenges some of the chestnuts of children s literature. Highlighting instances of racism, sexism, and condescension that detract from the tales being told, Kohl provides strategies for detecting bias in stories written for young...