Robert Maddox

Cassana Maddox Nablisi was a Navy Veteran who obtained her bachelor's degree in Education from Fordham University at Lincoln Center and a Master's Degree in TESOL from Columbia Teachers College in New York City. She subsequently attended King Abdulaziz University in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia and taught in various universities in Africa, the Middle East and Asia before retiring to return to the United States.

A treasury of more than two hundred poems includes classics as well as contemporary works, and features original illustrations from award-winning artists such as Dan Yaccarino, Nancy Tafuri, Chris Raschka, Ashley Bryan, and Lois Ehlert.