
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.

(Scholastic, 1987)
Mitzi is afraid of everything until a “psychic” named Madame Blini tells her that she was Queen Boadicea in a past life.

(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.

(Holt, 1986)
Did the wealthy Carlotta Bucks really leave all her money to a cat? Sam will find out.
Illustrations by Andrew Glass.

(Atheneum, 1985)
Jessica’s dreams of a flying horse become all too real when she and her friend Jack discover a tapestry that comes to life. When Jack is abducted, Jessica must travel through time and space to free him. Published in Great Britain by Pan Macmillan.

(Holt, 1985)
Sam’s powerful sniffer helps her discover who’s been stealing the secret formulas in a cosmetics factory.
Illustrations by Andrew Glass.

(Harper & Row, 1985)
Sam and Dave uncover a parrot smuggling operation while visiting an aunt in a town on the Tex-Mex border.
Illustrations by Judy Glasser.

(Knopf, 2005)
A series of poems about the faces of fire.
Illustrated by Meilo So.

(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.

(Knopf, 2004)
There’s a merry block party going on. Will Lola stay angry all day, or will she join in the fun?
Illustrated by Stephanie Roth.

(Disney-Hyperion, 2004)
A collection of poems about fabled animals from mythology, fairy tales, movies, etc., set at a county fair. A companion to Monster Museum.
lllustrated by Gris Grimly.

(Knopf, 2003)
A series of poems about water in its many forms.
Illustrated by Meilo So.

(Atheneum, 2002)
Poems in the voices of animals at different times of day.
Illustrated by Ken Robbins.

