"Robert Drew has written a moving and unpretentious memoir of a precocious youth, a bittersweet tribute to youth's optimism."—Joyce Carol Oates, The New York

Smiley Shark loves to smile, but everyone is afraid of his big, toothy grin! Catfish, Sea Star, and Octopus all swim away as fast as they can. When all the frie

When Mrs. Inkydink announces a class trip to the farmers' market, Clark is so excited he doesn't listen to her instructions. Clark gets lost in the crowd and ha

The late 1990s and early 2000s witnessed a surge in the publication and popularity of autobiographical writings about childhood. Linking literary and cultural s