The Fido Frame-Up
(Warne, 1983)
Sam tracks down the Black Feather Gang, jewel thieves.
Illustrations by Andrew Glass.
Bibliography
Tarantulas on the Brain
(HarperCollins, 1982) and Published in paperback by Scholastic.
Lizzie Silver wants a pet tarantula more than anything in the world. Her attempts to raise money to buy one result in a series of adventures and misadventures, including a missing wedding ring and a stint as a magician’s assistant.
Illustrations by Leigh Grant.
The First Few Friends
(Harper & Row, 1981)
In 1968, Nina Ritter returns from her junior year abroad at Reading University, England to New York, where things have radically changed. Her friends, The Whole Sick Crew, are wilder now. Their ringleader, Aviva, has joined a rock band, and they are all experimenting with sex and drugs. Nina, still in love with the poetic Welsh boyfriend she had to leave behind, is both attracted and repelled by this new world. It takes some new friends – Ruth, a committed Hispanic teacher, Billy, a dancer struggling with the specter of Vietnam, and especially Floyd, a brilliant Black activist – to force Nina herself to change from a self-involved romantic to a socially responsible woman.
Will You Take Me to Town on Strawberry Day?
(Harper & Row, 1981)
A visit to a British country fair, in verse, with music.
Illustrated by Trinka Hakes Noble.
The Fanatic’s Ecstatic, Aromatic Guide To Onions, Garlic, Shallots And Leeks
(Prentice-Hall, 1981)
Everything you ever wanted to know about the allium family.
Illustrations by Marian Parry.
It Can’t Hurt Forever
(HarperCollins, 1978)
Eleven-year-old Ellie Simon is going to have heart surgery. The novel tells of her stay in the hospital, the people she meets, and how she gets through this difficult time.
Illustrations by Leigh Grant.
Wild in the Streets
(Words & Pictures/Quarto, 2019)
20 Poems about City Animals.
Illustrated by Gordy Wright.
I’m the Big One Now!
(Wordsong/Boyds Mills Press, 2019)
Poems about growing up.
Illustrated by Jana Christy.
Float, Flutter
(Simon Spotlight/Simon&Schuster, 2019)
A short book on how animals move.
Illustrated by Kathryn Durst.
Hair! Animal Fur, Wool, and More
(Millbrook/Lerner, 2019)
All about animal fur and hair.
Illustrated by Julie Colombet.
Who Are You Calling Weird?
(Quarto/Words and Pictures, 2018)
A nonfiction picture book about some of nature’s strangest creatures.
Illustrated by Paul Daviz.
Tallulah’s Ice Skates
(Clarion, 2018)
Tallulah is an excellent ballet student. Can she do as well on skates?
Illustrated by Alexandra Boiger.
