Three Urban Tales for Our Times

Publisher Marketing: This collection of stories was written by Erna to encourage in children the love of nature, language, and self. "Steve's Zoo" was a collaboration with her son, who was learning how to create fantasy worlds by playing with words. "A Show of Hands" is the result of asking children to describe themselves through structured poetic invention."Sasha's Birds"illustrates the human need to name and classify while luxuriating in the world around us.