Polly wondered why her scientist dad gave her such a huge challenge during summer vacation. He made for her a ring with five different jewels. When she touched the ruby, she shrunk to the size of a red ant. That was frightening enough, but it was only the start of an adventure in the realms of both bugs and ideas. With the ring's magic Polly could go to Daddy's summer school - a black box he could hold in one hand. Inside the little box Polly and her friends found that ideas have consequences. Each of the seven teachers had a different idea about reality. Polly's mission was to find which...

"Indigo Bunting" is a collection of sixty poems, each describing a different species of birds and each rich in metaphorical meanings. No doubt both bird-watchers and lovers of poetry will find it delightful. The poems are accurate in terms of ornithology and traditional in poetic form, i.e. they please the ear with rhyme, and they throb with rhythm.

The Round Knights of the Table is a collection of humorous traditional poems (They have rhythm and rhyme). Many of them are comparable to Edward Lear's "The Owl and the Pussy Cat." Titles of individual poems include: "Ice Cream Has No Bones," "The Poached Egg Society," "Ode to a Toad," "King in a Cannibal Land," and "A Dirge for the Doge." The subtitle, "Poems of Sense and Nonsense for Children Aged Nine to Ninety," is a strong clue that this collection is for children and for adults who have not surrendered their sense of wonder.

President Ronald Reagan's name is almost mythical in some people's minds. His name evokes unjust hatred in others. Both of these responses result from his strength of character. He was not a willow to be bent in the winds of politics, but rather an oak. Reagan's faith in God enabled him to understand that truth doesn't change. A political leader must act on the principles of truth in the face of unjust opposition. What principles are those? That freedom is not from government. It is the gift of God. That American liberty has been bought with the blood of patriots. That high taxes and big...

As the subtitle indicates, this collection of sonnets is a product of meditation on a valuable object, the Bible. As such, it exposes timeless jewels of wisdom in the concise confines of Spenserian sonnets. The title, Watermark Sonnets, alludes to hidden designs such as one finds in dollar bills. When you hold them up to a light, you may find faint designs used to prevent counterfeiting. Likewise, these poems contain hidden patterns that may be discovered by close observation. Whether the sonnets are skillful and pleasing is secondary to the discovery of truth from Holy Scripture. The Bible...