All We Needed to Say: Poems About School from Tanya and Sophie
(Atheneum, 1996)
School and friendship from the points-of-view of two narrators, Tanya and Sophie.
Photographs by Lorna Clark.
Bibliography
The Maiden on the Moor
(Morrow, 1995)
Two shepherd brothers find a maiden sleeping on a frozen moor. The kind and lonely brother brings her to his house. Day after day, he and his dogs keep watch over her. One night as he sleeps, she awakes and is transformed into a snow goose. But the shepherd is rewarded for his kindness with a new love.
Illustrated by Troy Howell.
In the Palace of the Ocean King
(Atheneum, 1995)
At a duke’s castle, Mariana meets and falls in love with Sylvain. When his ship is wrecked, she, who is afraid of water, must dive to the depths of the sea to rescue him from the powerful Ocean King.
Illustrated by Ted Rand.
The Morgans Dream
(Holt, 1995)
The large Morgan family and the dreams they dream one night.
Illustrated by Gary Drake.
Please Don’t Squeeze Your Boa, Noah!
(Holt, 1995)
Silly poems about people and their pets.
Illustrated by Clement Oubrerie.
A Wasp Is Not a Bee
(Holt, 1995)
Animals that are easily confused with each other or with the wrong family. Taxonomy for kids.
Illustrated by Patrick O’Brien.
ALL I WANT TO DO IS SWIM
(Penguin/Rise X, 2026)
A rhymed picture book celebrating a girl’s newfound love of swimming.
Illustrated by Luisa Uribe.
WHOSE TREE IS THIS? Poems About the Mighty Oak and Its Companions
(Lerner/Millbrook, 2026)
Poems and prose about an oak tree and the creatures that rely on it.
Illustrated by Julian Plum.
DON ‘T WASTE THE POOP!
(Simon Spotlight/Simon&Schuster, 2025)
How animals use poop.Illustrated by Heather Fox.
AWE-SOME DAYS: Poems about the Jewish Holidays
(Dial/Penguin, 2022)
Poems about the Jewish holidays as celebrated by a family during the course of a year.
Illustrated by Dana Wulfekotte.
HAIRY, HAIRY POODLE
(Simon Spotlight/Simon&Schuster, 2020)
A beginning reader about one very hairy poodle. Illustrated by Abigail Tompkins.
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.
