The Polar Express was the easiest of my picture book manuscripts to write... Once I realized the train was going read more

The Polar Express was the easiest of my picture book manuscripts to write... Once I realized the train was going to the North Pole, finding the story seemed less like a creative effort than an act of recollection. I felt, like the story's narrator, that I was remembering something, not making it up.

In a continent but recently settled, many parts of which have as yet little historical or cultural background, the material read more

In a continent but recently settled, many parts of which have as yet little historical or cultural background, the material for this volume has been gathered from a section that was one of the first to be colonized.

It's great to just play with Rod. He's an inspiration to everyone out here, especially guys like me who've struggled read more

It's great to just play with Rod. He's an inspiration to everyone out here, especially guys like me who've struggled to stay in the league.

The defense stepped up, which is what we expect around here.

The defense stepped up, which is what we expect around here.

At this point we just don't know how these drugs might affect immunity, so we really need to clarify the read more

At this point we just don't know how these drugs might affect immunity, so we really need to clarify the normal role of serotonin in immune cell functioning.

I was a queen, and you took away my crown; a wife, and you killed my husband; a mother, and read more

I was a queen, and you took away my crown; a wife, and you killed my husband; a mother, and you deprived me of my children. My blood alone remains: take it, but do not make me suffer long.

[That, she said, was because, while Baton Rouge escaped most of the damage suffered by the Big Easy, it was read more

[That, she said, was because, while Baton Rouge escaped most of the damage suffered by the Big Easy, it was a primary evacuation point for residents from the more southerly parishes -- counties -- of Louisiana.] So there were more people, ... and so there was more crime.

Leslie has three children, and she takes a lot of pride in that she built her business around her family read more

Leslie has three children, and she takes a lot of pride in that she built her business around her family life. She was able to get her kids off to the school bus and have her business wrapped by the time they came home.

Who is this midget, who is not fit to lace Beckham's boots?

Who is this midget, who is not fit to lace Beckham's boots?