Selections from such favorite Christmas poems, songs, and stories as "The night before Christmas," "The friendly beasts," and "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus."

A collection of stories, poems, and activities by a variety of authors, on the theme of Valentine's Day.

Bernard Marx becomes a citizen in an utopian World-State where babies are born in laboratories, there is no violence, all citizens take drugs for depression, and contentment overrides the free will of the populace, and presents the social climate in 1958, and the threats against personal freedoms that seemed to be precursers to the novel's empty civilization.

Collects inspirational stories of people touched by supernatural experiences with their dead loved ones.

A collection of stories, poems, and songs celebrating "the best things in life--family, friendship, giving, thankfulness, and love ..." (jkt.). Did you ever dream of talking to a mermaid? Can you imagine facing off with a bully who barely reaches your knees? What would you do with a box of golden coins? Have you ever said thank you to ... a button? And how would you respond if you met a magic genie who asked you for a handout instead of granting you...

Offers an illustrated collection of poetry, stories, carols, and quotations about Christmas by such authors as William Blake, James Freeman Clarke, Christina Rossetti, and James Russell Lowell.

"From acclaimed author Ursula K. Le Guin, and with an introduction by Karen Joy Fowler, a collection of thoughts--always adroit, often acerbic--on aging, belief, the state of literature, and the state of the nation. Ursula K. Le Guin has taken readers to imaginary worlds for decades. Now she's in the last great frontier of life, old age, and exploring new literary territory: the blog, a forum where her voice -- sharp, witty, as compassionate as it...

Well-known works including fables, folklore, fiction, drama, and more, by such authors as Aesop, Dickens, Tolstoy, Shakespeare, and Baldwin, are presented to teach virtues, including compassion, courage, honesty, friendship, and faith.