Presents a collection of poems, traditional tales, and both fictional and true stories about all kinds of heroes.

Madeline in America--The count and the cobbler--A Bemelmans Christmas memory--Sunshine.

"In prose, poetry, and graphic narrative, the contributors to this anthology tackle the questions of American identity and society, offering visions rooted in our history but attentive to our future"--

Such women as Gwendolyn Brooks, Mary Elizabeth King, Gloria Naylor, and Kyoko Mori celebrate the unique roles of grandmothers.

How Dare We! Write: a multicultural creative writing discourse offers a much needed corrective to the usual dry and uninspired creative writing pedagogy. The collection asks us to consider questions such as "What does it mean to work through resistance from supposed mentors, to fae rejection from publishers and classmates, and to stand against traditions that silence you?" and "How can writers and teachers even begin to make diversity matter in meaningful...

Author of the comic rodeo novel Hey Cowboy, Wanna Get Lucky?, irregular commentator on NPR, syndicated columnist, and the best-selling cowboy poet in the world now rounds up this hilarious collection of poetry and commentaries that have made him public radio's favorite left-handed former large animal veterinarian. Veterinarian-turned-poet/columnist/raconteur Baxter Black has been making people laugh since his days of doctoring livestock. Now heard...

Famous writers celebrate motherhood with stories, poems, & essays

This is the first volume of Tolkien's unpublished history of the Middle Earth.