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
Francisco Vasquez de Coronada "discovered" the Grand Canyon and the Rio Grande in 1540. He was too busy searching (in vain) for gold to pay much attention.