The Realm of Imagination

  “My Corner” from CRICKET magazine, February 2008, text © 2008 by Carus Publishing Company, art © 2008 by Maurie Manning

  “Gordon Parks, Bigger than LIFE” from CRICKET magazine, February 2008, text © 2008 by Carus Publishing Company; photos courtesy Library of Congress

  “Instead of the War Drum” from CRICKET magazine, July 2007, text © 2007 by Uma Krishnaswami, art © 2007 by Olwyn Whelan

  “The Telescope” from CRICKET magazine, June 2007, text © 2007 by Carus Publishing Company, art © 2007 by Bryn Barnard

  “The Tale of Paddy Ahern” from CRICKET magazine, October 2010, text © 2010 by Carus Publishing Company, art © 2010 by Lee White

  “The Explorer” from CRICKET magazine, May/June 2007, text © 2007 by Carus Publishing Company, art © 2007 by Gavin Rowe; photo courtesy The Print Collector/Heritage Images

  “Swing It” from CRICKET magazine, February 2010, text © 2010 by Carus Publishing Company; photo courtesy American Tap Dance Foundation

  “Little Brother of War” from CRICKET magazine, October and November/December 2010, text © 2010 by Carus Publishing Company, art © 2010 by Suling Wang

  “Beyond the Call of Duty” from CRICKET magazine, January 2011, text © 2010 by Carus Publishing Company; photo (1) courtesy Carol Mercer Walsh/The Gander Beacon; photo (2 & 3) courtesy Library and Archives of Canada; photo (4) courtesy PDSA

  “A Driftwood’s Tale” from CRICKET magazine, June 2006, text © 2006 by Carus Publishing Company, art © 2006 by Gavin Rowe

  “The Traveler” from CRICKET magazine, January 2010, text and art © 2009 by Carus Publishing Company

  “Old Cricket Says: Methusaleh Tree” from CRICKET magazine, February 2011, text © 2011 by Carus Publishing Company