NEW YORK (AP) — Eric Carle, the beloved children’s author and illustrator whose classic “The Very Hungry Caterpillar” and other works gave millions of kids some of their earliest and most cherished literary memories, has died at age 91.
Carle’s family says he died Sunday at his summer studio in Northampton, Massachusetts, with family members at his side. The family’s announcement was issued by Penguin Young Leaders.
Through books like “Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? Read More...
Excellent gasoline mileage is good. It’s not everything.
The 2016 Toyota Prius Two Eco hatchback gas-electric hybrid, specially built for maximum mileage, has a federal average mileage rating of 58 miles per gallon in the city and 53 miles per gallon on the highway.
City mileage is higher because that is where the car relies more on its electric drivetrain and start-stop engine technology. The highway demands more gasoline. Still, using the government’s rating, you get a city-highway rating of 56 miles per gallon. Read More...
DAYTON, Ohio
In a cluttered suburban basement this summer, Kim Deal cupped her hands over the mic to distort her lilting voice into something like the moan of a humpback whale, and suddenly it was 1993 again.
AhhOOOOOwah! AhhOOOOOwah!
A few taps on the snare rim and cymbal stand from her bandmate Jim Macpherson. Then Josephine Wiggs came in with the bass line, that inquisitive Morse-code riff that telegraphs within a heartbeat that you’ve tuned into the biggest hit of the Breeders’ all-too-fleeting heyday. Read More...
