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A book that came across my desk recently is a new printing of Shel Silverstein's Don't Bump the Glump and other fantasies. I have always liked Silverstein's work and read it to my kids when they were little. His art is simple and distinctive and his wordplay is wonderful. What I like best is that he doesn't talk down to kids. He uses words to create melody with rythym and alliteration.

One of my fav examples

Pointy-Peaked Pavarius

The Pointy-Peaked Pavarius,...

Duke Chaparral

For as long as I can remember, I have had a love for the written word. About 400 books come across my desk on a monthly basis, gads knows I wish I could read most of them but there is never enough time. So I thought I would blog about some of the more interesting ones that fly into my radar here.

Today I have a book called Never again, again, again… on my desk. It is a photographic essay on six major genocides: Armenia, the Holocaust, Cambodia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Rwanda and Darfur....

Duke Chaparral