Parsnip. Magnanimous. Sepulcher. This could be the beginning of a particularly esoteric New York Times Connections puzzle, but it is also how I chose to begin this week’s column. By selecting and ...

DK's My First Word Touch and Feel oversize board book links words to pictures and, in each full-color spread, two textures. A spread for ""Around the House,"" for instance, shows a ""blanket"" and a " ...