Norman Rockwell

Norman RockwellIt seems familiar because it was everyone's dream of America; and it was unique because only Rockwell managed to bring it to life with such authority. This was, perhaps, an America that never existed, but it was an America the public wanted to exist. And Rockwell put it together from elements that were there for everyone to see. Rockwell helped preserve American myths, but, more than that, he recreated them and made them palatable for new generations.

A field trip idea: This whimsical fantasy story is based on the real-life restoration of the statue of Peter Pan (1928) in Carl Schurz Park and the Discus Thrower (1924) in Randall’s Island Park

the Rockwell editions of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn have been unavailable in stores

The delicious photos represent a breathtaking array of the components that make up Italian dishes from the classic to the unfamiliar

there is a scene-setting timeline of world history and art history from 1848 to 1944

Maurice Lacroix

all varieties of mushrooms

and you-can’t-make-this-stuff-up examples:

talented designers and inventors

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Khangchendzonga National Park

and art—and how Western ideas

and then progresses from flirtation and seduction through kisses and other foreplay before ultimately arriving at consummation and blissful exhaustion