""The sonnet, like poverty, teaches you what you can do / without," Diane Seuss writes in this brilliant, candid work, her most personal collection to date. These poems tell the story of a life at risk of spilling over the edge of the page, from Seuss's working-class childhood in rural Michigan to the dangerous allures of New York City and back again. With sheer virtuosity, Seuss moves nimbly across thought and time, poetry and punk, AIDS and addiction,...

Three stories about Bunnicula the vampire bunny, Harold the dog and Chester the cat.

Vincent, a mouse who roams the world carrying his house on his back and stopping where he knows he should, offers food and shelter to animals in need. After setting up his house, he invites a weary bullfrog and a hungry cat inside. Each initially declines the offer, saying his house is too small. But after entering, they find that it is bigger than it looks. Others soon join them: deer, hedgehogs, badgers, rabbits, and a fox. Just as they are sitting...

A collection of poems arranged in such categories as "Mystery," "Animals," "Childhood," "War," and "Love."

Quiet Rabbit enjoys listening to the night song of the other animals every evening and wishes he could join them, but no matter how hard he tries he is unable to copy their sounds.

From the Publisher: This spirited anthology of contemporary American poetry focuses on the new poem-the hybrid-a synthesis of traditional and experimental styles. As Cole Swensen argues in the introduction to this comprehensive new anthology, the long-acknowledged "fundamental division" between experimental and traditional is disappearing in American poetry in favor of hybrid approaches that blend trends from accessible lyricism to linguistic exploration....

Discusses choosing and caring for pet rabbits, including information about their physical characteristics, behaviors, and health requirements.

Young rabbits Emily and Louie have a special reason for giving their grandfather a present on December 24, but first he must guess why it's a special day.

Emperor's new clothes: During a royal procession, an emperor wears an invisible suit of clothes made for him by two swindlers. Jack and the beanstalk: A boy climbs to the top of a giant beanstalk where he uses his quick wits to outsmart an ogre and make his and his mother's fortune.

"One afternoon a small boy hears a melody coming from a nearby park. When he investigates he finds a lone rabbit playing the piano so he joins in with his harmonica to make a duet. More animals emerge from the wood to add to the music. Their music fills the whole park. When a bird came by who did not have an instrument she was asked to sing. Their magical concert drew listeners from out of the woods."--Cataloguer.