Books Published in September 1968

New Books List: 7 titles

  • Twenty Prose Poem

    Charles-Pierre Baudelaire

    From the introduction by Michael Hamburger:“Baudelaire's prose poems were written at long intervals during the last twelve or thirteen years of his life. The prose poem was a medium much suited to his habits and character. Being pre-eminent...

  • The Sparrow's Fall

    Fred Bodsworth

  • Nitty Gritty

    Frank Bonham

    Torn between a desire to stay in school and his father's insistence that it is a waste of time, a black boy decides to quit school and go into business with the uncle he worships. When the venture fails and his uncle deserts him, the boy faces realit...

  • Mother Goose

    Gyo Fujikawa

  • The House of Dies Drear

    Virginia Hamilton

    A family tries to unravel the secrets of their new home which was once a stop on the Underground Railroad in this Edgar Awardâ€"winning book from Virginia Hamilton.The house held secrets, Thomas knew, even before he first saw it looming gray and mass...

  • Equal Time for Pogo

    Walt Kelly

  • Instant Replay

    Jerry Kramer

    In 1967, when Jerry Kramer was a thirty-one-year-old Green Bay Packers offensive lineman, in his tenth year with the team, he decided to keep a diary of the season. “Perhaps, by setting down my daily thoughts and observations,” he wrote, “I’l...