Five and Ten

Five and Ten, by a prize-winning poet and novelist, includes a fairy tale, a few poems, and a fable for children illustrated by the author's young daughters. The Golden Squirrel was originally published in Modern Day Fairy Tales. A Fable, first appeared in ELM: Eureka Literary Magazine and nominated for a Pushcart Prize, and subsequently in The World of English, China, with Chinese translation. The poems originally appeared in the following publications: The Caterpillar, Lucid Rhythms, Rattle & Rictus, The South Carolina Review, The Dirigible Balloon, and Spring: A Journal of the E.E. Cummings Society.