A selection of short American poems dealing with the four seasons and the different weather events and animal patterns that can occur within each.

The Backyard Adventures of Mason and Mazey (A Teaching Book) is a lighthearted adventure of learning to understand our surroundings and our impact on all things that may not be so apparent to us in our busy day-to-day lives. It captures the escapades of five-year-old Mason and his basset hound, best friend, Mazey, as her hound nose takes them a bit too far into the woods. They meet up with the animals found in backyards across Orange County, New York,...

Underestimated by crooks and cops alike, three "over-the-hill" women become formidable amateur sleuths when they find themselves entangled in a decades-old, unsolved crime. Mystery writer Ellie Russo invites her cousins Sandy McCabe and Franny Baker to join her, as she travels to picturesque Orange Lake in Newburgh, New York to research a story for her newest book. Looking forward to staying in the lake house their grandmother once owned, the mini-reunion...

Presents an anthology of the best literary essays published in the past year, selected from American periodicals.

SparkNotes 101: Literature will provide a helping hand, whether you're studying for a test, brushing up on a few novels, writing a paper, or even trudging through four years of English classes.