Does anyone remember the Grolier Encyclopedia, the supplemental Science encyclopedia, and Value Tales that salesmen guilted parents into buying when they saw kids gathered to hear pitches from someone offering a wealth of knowledge? Value Tales were hardcover books aimed at children that were shipped regularly to your house — think of Columbia House but for a young, curious reader instead….
Houston was born on the bayou, or rather where Buffalo Bayou intersects with White Oak Bayou — Allen’s Landing. Almost 200 years later, it’s the fourth largest city in America, and with an area that encompasses 8 counties, it’s still growing. But with the advancements that come with increased development comes fewer trees, fewer wildlife, fewer prairies, and … fewer…
“… and she loved a little boy.†We’ve all read Shel Silverstein’s The Giving Tree. It takes on different meanings depending on when in your life you read it — or re-read it. It can be a story about unconditional love, or an allegory of greed and narcissism, or the passage of time. The tree gives everything it has, and…