Link roundup

1.  Charming story by 826NYC kids with illustrations by Scott C.

2.  Glowing review of Michael Dialynas's Amala's Blade.

3.  I realize I'm not particularly good at puzzles or home improvement projects, but the packaging for the Black and Decker 18-piece drill bit set has to be the most fiendish ever devised.  As far as I could tell, you have to break it in two places to open it, and you need tools to do so if you don't want to ruin the case.