Maggie Smith

In her memoir You Could Make This Place Beautiful, poet Maggie Smith explores the disintegration of her marriage and her renewed commitment to herself in lyrical vignettes that shine, hard and clear as jewels. The book begins with one woman’s personal, particular heartbreak, but its circles widen into a reckoning with contemporary womanhood, traditional gender roles, and the power dynamics that persist even in many progressive homes. With the spirit...

On a trip to Maine, the family counts from one baby to twenty fireflies.

A child describes how Desser the cat had always been part of the family and how much he was loved even after he died.

"At bedtime, when lights go out, sometimes thoughts stay on. Scary things and worries flutter and flap around. It's so hard to sleep! But a little imagination (and a lot of love) can create a cozy nest for happy thoughts--and sweet dreams for little ones"--

Season two returns as the Great War rages across Europe, and not even the serene Yorkshire countryside is free from its effects. The men and women of Downton are doing their part both on the front lines and the home front, but the intensity of war only serves to inflame the more familiar passions of love, loss, blackmail, and betrayal.

Set in an Edwardian country house in 1912, Downton Abbey portrays the lives of the Crawley family and the servants who work for them. In the drawing rooms, library, and beautiful bedrooms, with their tall windows looking across the park, lives the family, but below stairs are other residents, the servants, as fiercely possessive of their ranks as anyone above.

A raccoon and his friends go to great lengths to make sure they will always have a library from which to borrow books.

Rhyming text describes a perfect day at the beach, complete with sandy knees, deviled eggs, and a castle with a moat.

Frances tries everything to get rid of the witch lurking under the basement stairs.

Tired of collecting dust in a toy store, a stuffed elephant named Paisley ventures out in search of his Special Someone.