No, it’s not a Nigerian letter or yet another solicitation from Omaha Steaks (how many sirloins do these people think I can eat?). It’s a death threat. Really!!! “Hello,” it begins, cordially enough . . . “How are you doing am nick Nichols (the name has been changed to protect whoever) some one you’ve offended before and now wants...

  Can WHAT do WHAT? WHAT COULD  BE WRONG WITH CHILDREN’S BOOKS? Am I saying that Pat The Bunny (no relation) can warp young minds, or that the Little Engine that Could shouldn’t have? Well, I’ve just been to a play, The Misanthrope, that led me to think that.FYI: According to my trusty dictionary on my trusty I-Mac, a misanthrope is: a person...