The Boy Who Cried Alien
(Disney-Hyperion, 2012)
A “silent movie” in poems about Larry the Liar, a spaceship, and a town.
Illustrated by Brian Biggs.
Bibliography
A Stick is an Excellent Thing
(Clarion, 2012)
A celebration of outdoor play.
Illustrated by LeUyen Pham.
Caterpillars
(EarlyLight, 2011)
A non-fiction book combining poetry and prose about moth and butterfly larvae.
A Full Moon is Rising
(Lee & Low, 2011)
A global tour of the full moon–celebrations, beliefs, customs, and facts–through poems.
Illustrated by Julia Cairns
What Is Your Dog Doing?
(Atheneum, 2011)
Sitting, staying, rolling over–dogs can do those things, but also so much more! What is YOUR dog doing?
Illustrated by Kathleen Habbley.
What Stinks?
(Darby Creek/Lerner, 2006)
A non-fiction book about smelly plants and animals.
Make Me Over: 11 Original Stories About Transforming Ourselves
(Dutton/Penguin, 2005)
Eleven stories about makeovers, physical, psychological, spiritual, etc. edited by Marilyn and including her story “Bedhead Red, Peekaboo Pink,” as well as stories by Joyce Sweeney, Rene Saldana, Jr., Peni Griffin, Joseph Bruchac, Terry Trueman, Jess Mowry, Norma Howe, Marina Budhos, Evelyn Coleman, and Margaret Peterson Haddix.
Monday on the Mississippi
(Holt, 2005)
A lyrical trip down the Mississippi River.
Illustrated by Frane Lessac.
Central Heating: Poems about Fire and Warmth
(Knopf, 2005)
A series of poems about the faces of fire.
Illustrated by Meilo So.
Face Relations: Eleven Stories About Seeing Beyond Color
(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.
Block Party Today!
(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.
