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George is a rabbit who lives on Rabbit Hill with moles, field mice, skunks, and other rabbits. When a new family moves nearby and plants a vegetable garden, the animals make plans to sneak into the garden to nibble at the growing vegetables, but they discover that there's no need to sneak--the humans leave food out for them every night. Illustrated with B&W drawings. Winner of the 1945 Newbery Medal.

Thomas Moore advocates an engaged enchantment with specific aspects of daily life such as clothing, food, furniture, work, architecture, ecology, language, and politics. He describes the renaissance these can undergo when there is genuine engagement with beauty, craft, nature, and art in both private and public life. Moore claims that the spiritual and soulful values of life are best exemplified by things such as enchanted nature, a fantasy-filled childhood, intimate neighborhoods and homes, and a public life dedicated to the needs of the heart.

An encyclopedic reference for the family on sex and love. The essays are written by experts in a variety of fields, and are very readable. They cover everything from anatomy and the physiology of sex to issues of health, society, and the person. One of the more unique approaches is a series called "Can We Talk About It?", which takes a pertinent topic and examines it through the lens of communication between parents and children or between sexual partners.