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Edward Lear
Edward Lear was a highly-regarded nature and landscape artist, but he is much better remembered for the whimsical nonsense poetry and limericks he produced throughout his life. Among his best-known…Snowlets
Birth Names: Nokki, Sukki, Lekki, and TsukkiLooking very much like Hooty the Owl crossed with a sumo wrestler, the cheerful Snowlets were the official symbols of the 1998 Nagano Olympic games. (…Of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland: The Lobster Quadrille
by Lewis Carroll The Mock Turtle's StoryWho Stole the Tarts?The Lobster Quadrille The Mock Turtle sighed deeply, and drew the back of one flapper across his eyes. He looked at Alice, and…Leviticus: 11
Leviticus Chapter 11 1 And the LORD spake unto Moses and to Aaron, saying unto them, 2 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, These are the beasts which ye shall eat among all…The Journals of Lewis & Clark: March 3, 1806
by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark March 2, 1806March 4, 1806March 3, 1806 Monday March 3rd 1806. Two of our perogues have been lately injured very much in consequence of the tide…Laurence Yep
Chinese-American writer Laurence Yep is the author of Dragonwings (1975), Child of the Owl (1977) and dozens of other books for young readers. Yep studied at Marquette University and earned an…Coniferous Forest
The coniferous forest biome is south of the Arctic tundra. It stretches from Alaska straight across North America to the Atlantic Ocean and across Eurasia. The largest stretch of coniferous…Aesop's Fables: The Lamp
by Aesop Father and SonsThe Owl and the BirdsThe Lamp A Lamp, well filled with oil, burned with a clear and steady light, and began to swell with pride and boast that it shone more…Aesop's Fables: The Ass In the Lion's Skin
by Aesop The Owl and the BirdsThe She-Goats and Their BeardsThe Ass In the Lion's Skin An Ass found a Lion's Skin, and dressed himself up in it. Then he went about frightening every one…Janet Frame 2004 Deaths
Janet FrameAge: 79 New Zealand novelist whose masterful yet disturbing books explored mental illness. Misdiagnosed with schizophrenia and institutionalized for eight years, she drew on her…Trending
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