The First Thanksgiving

The First Thanksgiving

The traditional story of the origins of the American Thanksgiving holiday is told in a powerful, balanced narrative and illustrated with elegant and dramatic seascapes and landscapes done in the panoramic style of Thomas Locker.  George’s skill as a storyteller...

Classic Starts The Wind in the Willows

Since 1903, the escapades of Mole, his friend Water Rat, shy Badger, and Toad of Toad Hall have delighted children, and adults, too. Follow the winning foursome through the seasons as they sail the river, get lost in the Wild Wood, take off on a merry adventure in...

War of the Worlds

For more than one hundred years H. G. Wells’ classic science fiction tale of the Martian invasion of Earth has enthralled readers with a combination of imagination and incisive commentary on the imbalance of power that continues to be relevant today. No one would have...