Tag: <span>hi-lo</span>

Woman with a pomegranate: the story behind Rossetti’s portrait

Author Melanie Jackson talks about her new novel, Death Drop: In his famous portrait of Persephone, Dante Gabriel Rossetti shows the young woman of myth having just taken a bite out of a pomegranate. Persephone’s gloomy, brooding expression conveys that she knows quite well she should have left the delicious …

Summer Reading List: Orca Echoes

Sometimes it’s hard to entice young readers, Orca Echoes is a series meant to introduce readers from ages 7-9 to the love of books! Does your child love the environment? Pamela McDowell’s Salamander Rescue explores the further adventures of Cricket and her friends! Catch up with Cricket’s first installment in …