To Lobel, Owl was not a mere neurotic like Toad (in the Frog and Toad series) who retains a grasp of reality and kicks against its confines. Instead, Owl is a kindly homebody who has all but lost ...

Khn de Poitrine (guitar) and Klek de Poitrine (drums) are better known to their parents as Marc Antoine Mackin-Gay and Charles Thibault. Plainly, they’re not just a costume party. As the KEXP video ...

In order to create a temporary glut that (he hopes) will push US diesel prices down before the midterm elections, Donald Trump is talking about imposing a ban on US diesel exports – even if that means ...

The Werewolf essays on classic children’s books focusses this week on the much admired, widely mourned creator of Frog and Toad, Owl at Home and […] ...

In the Werewolf series on classic children’s books, this week’s essay is about George Selden’s charming story of interspecies friendship There’s no logical reason for […] ...

This week, the Werewolf series of essays on classic children’s literature turns the spotlight onto Robert C. O’Brien’s book about one family’s encounter with genetic engineering.. With rare skill, ...

Political myths die hard. For decades it has been taken on faith – all evidence to the contrary – that those business-savvy National Party types really, really know how to run the economy, just as ...

This week’s essay in the series about classic children’s books features P.D. Eastman’s hymn to perpetual motion… Once read, this book is never forgotten. Like a catchy Top 40 tune, the ceaseless ...

The Werewolf series of essays on classic children’s books continues this week with this story by Avi of murder, mutiny and teenage rebellion on the high seas All children have the same needs for ...

This week, the Werewolf series of essays on classic children’s books features Susan Cooper’s 1973 novel The Dark Is Rising. The antlered horseman on the cover of The Dark is Rising is a depiction of ...

True, it may seem weird to try and warn teenagers about the horrors of war by writing them a story about teenagers who kill each other in a TV reality show. Nine times out of ten, you’d end up with ...