The Hoax On You
(Harper & Row, 1989)
Is the new foreign exchange student a thief? Or is she something – someone – else? Sam and Dave do some sleuthing to find out. Illustrations by Richard Williams.
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The Case of the Fixed Election
(Harper & Row, 1989)
Dave is the victim of a crime when someone fixes the election for Student Council president.
Illustrations by Richard Williams.
Minnie’s Yom Kippur Birthday
(Harper & Row, 1989)
A little girl’s birthday falls on Yom Kippur, and it turns out to be a very different one indeed.
Illustrated by Ruth Rosner.
Turtle in July
(Macmillan, 1989)
Animal poems, one for each month of the year.
Illustrated by Jerry Pinkney.
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.
Have You Heard About Lady Bird?
(Disney-Hyperion, 2018)
Poems about all of our First Ladies.
Illustrated by Nancy Carpenter.
Every Month Is A New Year
(Lee & Low, 2018)
Poems about New Year celebrations around the globe.
Illustrated by Susan L. Roth.
Feel the Beat!: Dance Poems that Zing from Salsa to Swing
(Dial/Penguin, 2017)
Poems about social dances in the rhythms of those dances.
Illustrated by Kristi Valiant.
Miss Muffet, Or What Came After
(Clarion, 2016)
What did happen to Miss Muffet after the spider sat beside her? A wacky verse play featuring many nursery rhyme characters.
Illustrated by David Litchfield.
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.
