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.
What’s A Banana?
(Abrams, 2016)
What can you do with a banana? A young picture book.
Illustrated by Greg Pizzoli.
What’s An Apple?
(Abrams, 2016)
What can you do with an apple? A young picture book.
Illustrated by Greg Pizzoli.
Echo Echo: Reverso Poems about Greek Myths
(Dial/Penguin, 2016)
The third book of reverso poems, this time based on Greek myths.
Illustrated by Josée Masse.
Tallulah’s Tap Shoes
(Clarion, 2015)
Tallulah is not keen about taking tap dance at dance camp. Will she change her mind?
Illustrated by Alexandra Boiger.
I’m Gonna Climb A Mountain In My Patent Leather Shoes
(Abrams, 2014)
Sadie goes camping in the wackiest wardrobe ever! A rhymed picture book.
Illustrated by Lynne Avril.
Rutherford B., Who Was He?
(Disney-Hyperion, 2013)
Poems about our presidents.
Illustrated by John Hendrix.
