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Below are previous editions of the Wise Guide, cataloged each month when the new edition is published.

2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002


December collage

December 2007
A Calligrapher's Story . . . Radio Is a Sound Salvation . . . A Snowflake Is a Snowflake Is a Snowflake . . . The March King's Instrument . . . In Case of Fire . . . Sic Transit Venus Rare . . . Tweed in New York


November collage

November 2007
Experiencing the War . . . At the (Camera) Ready . . . November Notables . . . Gather 'Round the Family Album . . . A Native Prescription . . . Hooting at Hunger! The Ga of Ghana Celebrate Homowo . . . They Helped to Fill Up the 'Canvas'


October collage

October 2007
Explore New Worlds. Read. . . . Baroque and Bernstein and Bojangles...Oh My! . . . Masquerade! Paper Faces on Parade. . . . First Cruise to the Caribbean . . . Look Who’s Turning 30! . . . It May Be the Biggest Statue Ever Copyrighted . . . Remembering 9/11


September collage

September 2007
There's a Hole in the Mountain, Dear Liza, Dear Liza . . .Surrealistically Speaking Simic . . . Can I Keep From Singing? . . . Weekday Warriors, a.k.a. The Labor Movement . . . In a Galaxy Far, Far Away . . . A Personal Independence Day . . . This Bear Wants to Sell You Something


August collage

August 2007
The Legend of Evangeline . . . Are You the Next American Inventor? . . . Today's Special: Eggs and Asphalt . . . The Dog Days of Summer . . . I Hear America Singing . . . Did Jefferson Scream for Ice Cream? . . . Fascination for Flutes


July collage

July 2007
How About a Little Summer Reading? . . . Get Your Hot Dogs Right Here! . . . In the Trenches of WWI . . . Taking the Mystery Out of Copyright . . . Poetry Across the Atlantic . . . This Land Is Your Land! . . . Space: The Final Frontier


June collage

June 2007
Vacation, All I Ever Wanted ... Vacation, Had to Get Away . . . Creative Colonists . . . Amazing Grace, How Sweet the Sound . . . Cutting Edge Prints . . . You’re a Grand Old Flag ... Honor Your Father . . . At Least Once a Year . . . Shop Till Your Mouse Drops


May collage

May 2007
Are Black-Eyed Peas Really Peas? . . . Extra! Extra! Read All About It! . . . A Confederacy of Copyrighters . . . Pearl Nye, the Canal Guy . . . Languages on Loan . . . We Wreathe the Red, White and Blue . . . Feeling Ill? Put Salt in Your Sock


April collage

April 2007
Fascinating Rhythm . . . Let Your Fingers Do the Walking . . . Take a Look, It's in a Book . . . Thomas Jefferson Was a Poet, and We Didn't Even Know It . . . Da Plane! Da Plane! . . . Everybody Plays the Fool . . . Sometime On April 1 . . . Before It Was A Movie . . . It Was A Media Sensation


March collage

March 2007
Do Not Pass Go ... Do Not Collect a Gold Nugget . . . Illuminating the Word . . . Pirates or Privateers? . . . On the Frontline of Diplomacy . . . Generations of Women Moving History Forward . . . March Madness! . . . A Rite of Spring


February collage

February 2007
You Are Here . . . From Slavery to Freedom . . . Creativity Blooms In Harlem . . . Founding Fathers or First Weathermen? . . . Hunting for Buried Treasure . . . "Who Were Lady Day and Mister? Singer Billie Holliday and Her Dog" . . . Is it a Fact or a Myth?


January collage

January 2007
The Mortimer Mouse Club . . . Murder at the Library of Congress . . . What Does RSS Stand For? . . . And the Kluge Prize Goes To . . . And the Blind Shall Read . . . "The Leonardo of the Comic Book" . . . What's This Dog Doing with His Nose in a Cone? Why, He's Listening to His Master's Voice.