Bob Raczka

You know that Santa can fly a sleigh, squeeze down chimneys, and circle the globe in a night. But did you know that another of his talents is writing haiku?

"December 1: White envelopes float / from my overfilled mailbox— / December's first storm."

"December 24: Which is packed tighter / the sack full of toys or the / red suit full of me?"

These twenty-five short poems—composed by Santa

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It had been only twenty-four hours since Mighty Casey struck out, plunging fans of the Mudville team into gloom and despair. But a new game day dawned, and Casey once again proved his might with a homer in the eighth. The Mudville nine took a one-run lead, but in the bottom of the ninth, their hurler walked three straight.

Bases loaded and the starting pitcher spent, the Mudville manager was not bullish about his bullpen. With the

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A Nico lo inspiran montones de cosas: la tibieza del sol sobre su cara, el dulce sonido del camion de los helados y lo duro que trabaja una mama petirrojo para cuidar a sus polluelos. Tambien adora dibujar todo eso que le gusta, aunque nadie parece entender muy bien de que se tratan sus imagenes... "No one understands the abstract pictures that Niko draws until a new friend sees the thought and feeling within his shapes and forms"--