Triangular pennants and circular moons: That’s just the start, as Richard Scarry goes on to explore lines; directions (around, between); sizes (big elephant, small mouse); amounts (full and empty); and opposites (soft pillow, hard wooden stool). With so much fun throughout, learning is a delight.
New girls in school fiction are generally one of two types. The first type (the O'Sullivan Twins, Elizabeth Allen) do not want to go to school and are dragged there kicking and screaming, to cause as much havoc as possible before realizing how wonderful the school is and becoming model citizens. The second type are keen to get to school, having read stories of pillow fights and midnight feasts, and are of a sensible, jolly, glowing-cheeked disposition which means they will settle down immediately.
Samurai sleuth Sano Ichiro has a very personal motive in determining who killed the shogun's heir apparent with a hairpin: he's trying to save himself from being executed for the crime.
Helmet for My Pillow - From Parris Island to the Pacific
Helmet for My Pillow is the personal narrative written by World War II United States Marine Corps veteran, author and military historian Robert Leckie. First published in 1957, the story begins with Leckie enlisting in the United States Marines shortly after the 1941 Attack on Pearl Harbor.