Summer break is upon us! The easiest picture books change into timeless mini artwork galleries for the home-a convergence of idea, art work, design and production that give pleasure and stimulates the imagination of both children and adults. The Secret River by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, illustrated by Leo & Diane Dillon: In a dark forest in Florida, a woman poet named Calpurnia and her family fear that they are going to go hungry because the river is empty of fish.

And often the right words do come, and also you-properly-"write" for a while