Toponymity: An Atlas of Words Children's Educational Books A fictional account of the

A fictional account of the marriage of ballet master George Balanchine and Tanaquil Le Clercq describes how polio ended Tanny's dancing career

they find Abby had made each of them an angel ornament for Christmas

For a time he rides shotgun with a truck driver named Thatcher

When Gloria unexpectedly contacts Leona after a silence of several years

Complete with fascinating cutaway drawings

Toponymity: An Atlas of Words Children's Educational Books A fictional account of theIt's no secret that America's cookouts owe a lot to the exports of the European towns of Frankfurt and Hamburg, but we may not realize how much we've taken from two others: Budweis and Pilsen. Likewise, we know who to thank for Panama hats and Bermuda shorts. But did you know that Tuxedo Park, New York, brought Americans a staple of formal wear? Or that the Bikini Atoll gave us something dramatically less formal? In this ingenious follow up to the