Cynthia Benjamin

Pictures and simple text depict forest animals' tracks in the snow as they rush to their homes during a winter storm.

Pictures and simple text depict desert animals and the tracks they leave in the sand as they rush to their homes.

Designed to help poor readers master more than 80 words, phrases and signs commonly encountered when dealing with governmental situations.

Includes a 2015 Derringer Award winning short story: "The Kaluki Kings of Queens."
Come meet the relatives. As diverse in theme and mood as the city itself, these stories take us from from the explosive excitement of the New York City Marathon to a secret cellar in Queens, from the warmth of an immigrant culture to the moneyed New York art world, and from brutality and poverty to Wall Street's privileged thugs. What the families...