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.
Tallulah’s Tutu
(Clarion, 2011)
Tallulah thinks she’d be a great ballerina–if only she had a tutu. What she doesn’t realize is that she has to earn it.
Illustrated by Alexandra Boiger.
Twosomes: Love Poems from the Animal Kingdom
(Knopf, 2011)
Funny and punny couplets.
Illustrated by Lee Wildish.
Mirror Mirror: A Book of Reversible Verse
(Dutton/Penguin, 2010)
The original book of reversos based on fairy tales.
Illustrated by Josee Masse.
I’m Getting A Checkup
(Clarion, 2009)
Time for a doctor’s checkup!
Illustrated by David Milgrim.
I’m Your Bus
(Scholastic, 2009)
What does your friendly school bus do all day?
Illustrated by Evan Polenghi.
Eggs
(Holiday House, 2008)
A non-fiction book all about animal eggs.
Illustrated by Emma Stevenson.
