Footprints on the Roof: Poems About the Earth
(Knopf, 2002)
A series of poems celebrating the many aspects of the natural world of our planet.
Illustrated by Meilo So.
Bibliography
Didi and Daddy on the Promenade
(Clarion, 2001)
“Didi, go slow!” says Daddy. But Didi says, “No!” A lively picture book romp down the Brooklyn Heights Promenade.
Illustrated by Marie-Louise Gay.
Fred’s Bed
(HarperCollins, 2001)
Fred needs a new bed—what kind should it be? A young picture book.
Illustrated by JoAnn Adinolfi.
Monster Museum
(Disney-Hyperion, 2001)
Zombies, vampires, banshees, Bigfoot and other creepsters abound in this series of nutty poems featuring the strange exhibits found in the Monster Museum.
Illustrated by Gris Grimly.
Tough Beginnings: How Baby Animals Survive
(Holt, 2001)
A non-fiction picture book about difficult starts for baby animals.
Illustrated by Anna Vojtech.
A Pair of Wings
(Holiday House, 2001)
A non-fiction picture book about bird, bat, and insect wings.
Illustrated by Anna Wertheim.
Several Kinds of Silence
(Harper & Row, 1988)
Sixteen-year-old Franny Yeager, the “good girl” of the family, tries to hide her burgeoning love for a Japanese-American boy since her father is rabidly anti-Japanese. Complicating matters is the illness of her beloved grandmother with whom she shares a room. Published in Great Britain by Pan Macmillan.
The Lightey Club
(Four Winds Press, 1987)
Three sisters, forced to spend the summer with their grandparents whom they don’t like, decide to form the Lightey Club. At each meeting, Henny, the oldest sister, recounts a new tale about Lightey the Lightning Bug and his insect pals. Henny’s stories help change a bad vacation into a magical one.
Illustrations by Kathryn Brown.
Ghost Host
(Harper & Row, 1987)
Sixteen-year-old Bart Hawkins, star quarterback, learns that his house is haunted when Millicent, a sixteen-year-old “spokespook” for nine other ghosts, asks his help in ridding the place of a new and obnoxious poltergeist. With her help, Bart, who has been hiding his brains and love of reading, learns to be truthful about himself to his friends and his girlfriend.
Mitzi Meyer, Fearless Warrior Queen
(Scholastic, 1987)
Mitzi is afraid of everything until a “psychic” named Madame Blini tells her that she was Queen Boadicea in a past life.
Lizzie Silver Of Sherwood Forest
(Harper & Row, 1986)
Lizzie’s latest obsession, in this sequel to Tarantulas on the Brain, is Robin Hood, leading to some misadventures at a Medieval Faire. In addition, to keep her best friend Tessa from going off to music school without her, Lizzie tries to learn the harp, with less than satisfactory results.
Illustrations by Miriam Nerlove.
Where There’s a Will, There’s a Wag
(Holt, 1986)
Did the wealthy Carlotta Bucks really leave all her money to a cat? Sam will find out.
Illustrations by Andrew Glass.
