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|  | Arrow to the Sun by Gerald McDermott
An adaptation of the Pueblo Indian myth which explains how the spirit of the Lord of the Sun was brought to the world of men. AUTHOR: Gerald McDermott
PUBLISHER: Penguin Putnam Books for Young Readers
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Non-Fiction 
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 | Tico & the Golden Wings by Joan Slattery, Leo Lionni
Description not available.When the wingless bird's wish for getting a pair of golden wings comes true, he finds that his friends aren't as accepting of his new look and so flies away, yet while on his mission, he helps a man by giving him all his new feathers which then grow back black whereupon he is accepted by his flock once more. Reissue. AUTHOR: Joan Slattery, Leo Lionni
PUBLISHER: Random House Children's Books
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Non-Fiction
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 | The Uses of Enchantment by Bruno Bettelheim
Description not available.A child psychologist employs psychoanalytic technique to reveal the ways in which fairy tales aid in a child's emotional development AUTHOR: Bruno Bettelheim
PUBLISHER: Knopf Publishing Group
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Non-Fiction
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 | Viking by Susan M. Margeson
Description not available.A history of the Vikings explains how these great explorers earned a reputation as fierce invaders, their ship construction techniques, and how Leif Erikson arrived in America centuries before Columbus. AUTHOR: Susan M. Margeson
PUBLISHER: Dorling Kindersley Publishing, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Non-Fiction
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 | A Democratic Critique of the American Constitution by Robert Alan Dahl
In this provocative book, one of our most eminent political scientists poses the question, Why should we uphold our constitution? The vast majority of Americans venerate the American Constitution and the principles it embodies, but many also worry that the United States has fallen behind other nations on crucial democratic issues, including economic equality, racial integration, and women?s rights. Robert Dahl explores this vital tension between the Americans? belief in the legitimacy of their constitution and their belief in the principles of democracy. Dahl starts with the assumption that the legitimacy of the American Constitution derives solely from its utility as an instrument of democratic governance. Dahl demonstrates that, due to the context in which it was conceived, our constitution came to incorporate significant antidemocratic elements. Because the Framers of the Constitution had no relevant example of a democratic political system on which to model the American government, many defining aspects of our political system were implemented as a result of short-sightedness or last-minute compromise. Dahl highlights those elements of the American system that are most unusual and potentially antidemocratic: the federal system, the bicameral legislature, judicial review, presidentialism, and the electoral college system. The political system that emerged from the world?s first great democratic experiment is unique--no other well-established democracy has copied it. How does the American constitutional system function in comparison to other democratic systems? How could our political system be altered to achieve more democratic ends? To what extent did the Framers of the Constitution build features into our political system that militate against significant democratic reform? Refusing to accept the status of the American Constitution as a sacred text, Dahl challenges us all to think critically about the origins of our political system and to consider AUTHOR: Robert Alan Dahl
PUBLISHER: Yale University Press
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Non-Fiction
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 | New Year's Day by David F. Marx
5, 4, 3, 2, 1 Happy New Year!...Hold it. Isn't everyone celebrating at the same time? Discover how different countries and religions celebrate the New Year. Explore why we actually mark the passing of the years and why things quickly return to normal--until next December 31st! AUTHOR: David F. Marx
PUBLISHER: Scholastic Library Publishing
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Non-Fiction
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