The Exploits of Xenophon by Geoffrey Household (Purple House Press) Child Barbara Coloroso's clear answers to

Barbara Coloroso's clear answers to difficult questions are enriched by uplifting humor and insightful anecdotes from her own experiences as a Franciscan nun

In The Courage of Birds

It is especially suited for reading aloud as a family

Calpurnia and Buggy-horse's encounters with an owl

The Exploits of Xenophon by Geoffrey Household (Purple House Press) Child Barbara Coloroso's clear answers toMore than 2,400 years ago one of the most thrilling war stories in history was being read and discussed in Greece. It was called the Anabasis and was written by a Greek noble named Xenophon, who described at first hand what he did, what he suffered, and what he saw during a campaign against the Persians. In Exploits of Xenophon, Geoffrey Household cut the Anabasis to a quarter of its length and modernized Xenophon's style. It retells much of the war