Five and Ten, by a prize-winning poet and novelist, includes a fairy tale, a few poems, and a fable for children illustrated by the author's young daughters. "The Golden Squirrel" was originally published in "Modern Day Fairy Tales." "A Fable," first appeared in "ELM: Eureka Literary Magazine" and nominated for a Pushcart Prize, and subsequently in "The World of English," China, with Chinese translation. The poems originally appeared in the following publications: "The Caterpillar," "Lucid Rhythms," "Rattle & Rictus," "The South Carolina Review," "The Dirigible Balloon," and "Spring: A Journal of the E.E. Cummings Society."