Cats to the Rescue
(Holt, 2006)
True stories and legends about heroic cats around the world.
Illustrated by Jean Cassels.
Bibliography
What Stinks?
(Darby Creek/Lerner, 2006)
A non-fiction book about smelly plants and animals.
Make Me Over: 11 Original Stories About Transforming Ourselves
(Dutton/Penguin, 2005)
Eleven stories about makeovers, physical, psychological, spiritual, etc. edited by Marilyn and including her story “Bedhead Red, Peekaboo Pink,” as well as stories by Joyce Sweeney, Rene Saldana, Jr., Peni Griffin, Joseph Bruchac, Terry Trueman, Jess Mowry, Norma Howe, Marina Budhos, Evelyn Coleman, and Margaret Peterson Haddix.
Monday on the Mississippi
(Holt, 2005)
A lyrical trip down the Mississippi River.
Illustrated by Frane Lessac.
Central Heating: Poems about Fire and Warmth
(Knopf, 2005)
A series of poems about the faces of fire.
Illustrated by Meilo So.
Face Relations: Eleven Stories About Seeing Beyond Color
(Simon & Schuster, 2004)
A young adult anthology of short stories about race relations, edited by Marilyn and including her story “Negress,” as well as stories by Jess Mowry, Joseph Bruchac, Sherri Winston, Rene Saldana, Jr., Naomi Shihab Nye, Ellen Wittlinger, Kyoko Mori, M.E. Kerr, Marina Budhos, and Rita Williams-Garcia.
DOG SAYS, CAT SAYS
(Dial/Penguin, 2021)
How do dogs and cats see the world? Spend a day with them! A picture book. Illustrated by Sonia Sanchez.
A RAVEN NAMED GRIP
(Dial/Penguin, 2021)
How a bird inspired two famous writers, Charles Dickens and Edgar Allan Poe
Illustrated by Edwin Fotheringham.
Best Day Ever!
(Clarion, 2021)
A picture book about how a dog’s day goes from great to terrible to great again.
Illustrated by Leah Nixon.
WAYS TO SAY I LOVE YOU
(Words & Pictures/Quarto, 2020)
A picture book about how animals–and people–court.
Illustrated by Alette Straathof.
BIRD SINGING, BIRD WINGING
(Simon Spotlight/Simon&Schuster, 2020)A beginning reader about birds. Illustrated by Lucy Semple.
FOLLOW THE RECIPE
(Dial/Penguin, 2020)
Poems about imagination, celebration, and cake.
Illustrated by Marjorie Priceman.
