Phyllis McGinley

Sharing with readers her experiences, problems and joys of the domestic life, the author divides her material into three parts: The wife, The house, and The family. Phyllis McGinley discusses such subjects as higher education for women, thrift, domestic help and how not to kill your husband.

Fifteen poems celebrating the birth of Christ and the Christmas season.

A collection of poems that evaluate the holiday season pro and con.

An alphabet book in rhyme of the many sights to be seen in a city.

The author's selection of poems by contemporary English, Welsh,and American poets.

Light verse, including her poems of the saints.

Mrs Santa Claus has very definite opinoins on who should get what for Christmas.

The year without a Santa Claus: When Santa decides to take Christmas off, two elves go to find children to convince Santa to come back, but first they have to get past the Heat Miser and the Snow Miser. Nestor the long-eared Christmas donkey: An outcast donkey escorts an expectant couple to Bethlehem. Rudolph's shiny new year: Father Time asks Rudolph to find the missing New Year baby.

"133 of the world's most famous poems cleverly performed and artistically interpreted by the First Poetry Quartet and celebrity guests ... Dramatic performances by Claire Bloom, LeVar Burton, Robert Culp, Ruby Dee, Henry Fonda, Will Geer, Fred Gwynne, Valerie Harper, Jack Lemmon, Vincent Price, William Shatner, Irene Worth and other celebrities"--Container.