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This article discusses the theory of memory and urban decay put forth by the film "Lost Book Found" by Jem Cohen and the comic strip "Julius Knipl, Real Estate Photographer" by Ben Katchor. Both works analyze the urban space, focusing on the repetition of American life and the commodification of goods.

The article focuses on the graphic works of William Nicholson's Clever Bill. Charles Kingsley composes a poem "My Little Doll" which captivates the book "The Water-Babies" and sixty years after, Nicholson tells a modern story of Clever Bill. The transformation of storytelling and the relations of human to commodity is expressed in literature for children.

Focuses on the picture book "Little Machinery," by Mary Liddell. Background of the book as evidence of developing production techniques in the U.S.; Views of Liddell regarding the balance between the mechanized construction of the industrial world and the natural environment; Acknowledgment of nature's interpenetration with technology in modern times.