Harper & Brothers

The author's last novel introduces a supposedly Utopian Pacific island where drug use and open sex are encouraged, and children are not at the mercy of one set of parents. In Island, his last novel, Huxley transports us to a Pacific island where, for 120 years, an ideal society has flourished. Inevitably, this island of bliss attracts the envy and enmity of the surrounding world. A conspiracy is underway to take over Pala and events begin to move...

The Doors of Perception is a book by Aldous Huxley. Published in 1954, it details his taking mescaline in May 1953. The book takes its title from a phrase in William Blake's 1793 poem The Marriage of Heaven and Hell. Huxley recalls the insights he experienced, which range from the "purely aesthetic" to "sacramental vision". He also incorporates later reflections on the experience and its meaning for art and religion. (Wikipedia)

The family's freezer held the secret of the snowman until he was shown to the town on a summer day. Grades 1-2.

"The Marvell family is on the move, driving from their Wisconsin farm to visit the children's grandmother in Virginia. The night before departure, Mr. Marvell talks to Roger, Heather, and the twins about the wonders of the night sky and explains the zodiac--a beautiful trail traveled by the sun in the daytime and by the moon and planets at night"--Page [2] of cover.