Leroy Is Missing
(Harper & Row, 1984)
Sam and Dave are hired by Rita O’Toole, their sidekick-to-be, to find her missing brother, Leroy. In the process, they stumble upon a bookmaking operation.
Illustrations by Judy Glasser.
Bibliography
The Course of True Love Never Did Run Smooth
(Harper & Row, 1983)
Becky and Nemi, fast friends, find their relationship problematic when they both become involved in their high school production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Their love lives, and those of their friends, parallel those of the play.
The Fido Frame-Up
(Warne, 1983)
Sam tracks down the Black Feather Gang, jewel thieves.
Illustrations by Andrew Glass.
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.
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.
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.
