White Apples and the Taste of Stone
Donald Hall
Spanning the entire career of the celebrated American poet, a collection of 226 works represents sixty years of poetic endeavor, including recent poems and a CD containing readings by the author.
Read Time: ~5.3 hr
General store
by Rachel Field (1988)
About this book
A girl imagines the general store she will own someday and all the things for sale in it, from bolts of calico to bunches of bananas.
Setting / LocationGlobal
Story EraModern Era
Protagonist / CoreGeneral store Lead Character
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