The Scottish poet Robert Burns (1759 – 1796) gave us a word that rhymes with purple. Sadly, children’s picture book writers probably can’t use it in their rhyming books about colors, because the word “curple” means “butt.” Here’s the stanza… Read More
Friedrich Engels (1820 - 1895) was a prominent businessman who worked in his family’s textile trade by day and became co-author with Karl Marx about the evils of capitalism by night. He also enjoyed fox hunting.