The best ideas encourage your child's interests and create opportunities for you to be together.

Government likes committees... a lot. Committees kill all the really good ideas and generally all the really bad ideas. They produce middle-ground mush.

People are focusing on what really matters - financial security, relaxing time with family and friends, and reduced stress during the holiday season.

American consumers are encouraged to spend. At the same time, they are being told to save money. This holiday season, a growing number are shopping for piggy banks and leaving their credit cards at home.

Rituals give kids a sense of security in a fast-moving, unpredictable world, as well as memories they will cherish a lifetime.

This is a book that respects kids and their ideas. And in that regard, it places Chasing Vermeer in the tradition of classic favorites fondly recalled from our own childhoods.