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Beth Fertig of member station WNYC reports on an investigation by New York City and by the state that shows how the case of abused-to-death 6 year old Elisa was bungled...and how other cases have also slipped through the social welfare cracks.

Bobby Hill reviews Casandra Wilson's current cd New Moon Daughter. It is a collection of songs by contemporary songwriters done with a hushed dirgeful voice. (6:30) THE CD IS CALLED NEW MOON DAUGHTER BY CASANDRA WILSON ON BLUENOTE RECORDS. (IN S

Noah and Linda read from listeners' comments. To contact All Things Considered, the address is All Things Considered Letters, 6-3-5 Massachusetts Avenue Northwest, Washington D-C, 20001. To contact the program via e-mail, the address is ATC at NPR dot ORG.

Robert talks with Mark Johnson-Williams, one of the designers of the Tickle Me Elmo toy. Johnson-Williams tells how the FBI investigated him for 6 months as one of the UNABOMBER suspects.

NPR Special Correspondent Susan Stamberg reports on the newest endeavor by artist James Turrell -- an exhibit featuring drawings and videos of his study of light in an extinct volcano. Check out the Roden Crater. (6:52

John talks with NPR's Ketzel Levine about plants that do well in offices. While many plants will shrivel under fluorescent light, plants that are suited to irregular care and indirect light can thrive. Listeners can follow along on Ketzel's web site, Talking Plants. (6:30)

Host Madeleine Brand talks with the Tucson-based band Calexico, who try to capture the spirit of their region in music - a soundtrack to the Southwest. (6:30) {Calexico, Even My Sure Things Fall Through. Quarterstick Records, Chicago, IL: 1998-2001}.

A chance encounter lands a girl in elite New York society. Rules of Civilitydebuts at No. 6.

Appearing at No. 6, scholar Reza Aslan's Zealot combines biblical and historical sources to probe the life of Jesus of Nazareth.

Debuting at No. 6, Lauren Groff's Fates and Furies uses a split narrative to tell the story of a long marriage.

At No. 6,The Power of Habit, explores the science behind habit-forming behavior.

Elizabeth Kolbert discusses five mass extinctions and the coming of a sixth in The Sixth Extinction,which appears at No. 6.

Elizabeth Kolbert's The Sixth Extinction, about how human activity is affecting different species, appears at No. 6.

The Night Circus, Erin Morgenstern's tale of romance between magicians, debuts at No. 6.

Colin Powell's collection of lessons and personal anecdotes, It Worked For Me, debuts at No. 6.

At No. 6, Michael Pollan's Cooked looks at how fire, water, air and earth transform plants and animals into food.

Simon Winchester hails America's human roots inThe Men Who United the States, debuting at No. 6.

A collection of short stories byThe Office writer B. J. Novak, One More Thing, debuts at No. 6.

Jeffrey Eugenides tracks a Brown graduate's reawakening in TheMarriage Plot. It debuts at No. 6.

At No. 6, Hilary Mantel's Bring Up The Bodies depicts the fall of Anne Boleyn.