First Food Fight This Fall and Other School Poems
(Sterling, 2008)
Poems about school seen through the eyes of a group of students.
Illustrated by Sachiko Yoshikawa.
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(Dutton/Penguin, 2008)
A little girl goes shoe shopping with her mother, told in poems and prose.
Illustrated by Hiroe Nakata.
City Lullaby
(Clarion, 2007)
The city is rumbling, banging, beeping, but baby keeps on sleeping.
Illustrated by Carll Cneut.
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(Darby Creek/Lerner, 2007)
A non-fiction book about venomous and poisonous animals.
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(Clarion, 2006)
An introduction to tools for young children.
Illustrated by Timothy Bush.
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(Holt, 2006)
True stories and legends about heroic cats around the world.
Illustrated by Jean Cassels.
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(Morrow, 1994)
When the evil Lord Shang bans all the fans in his realm, Bright Willow manages to save hers, a magical heirloom passed down through generations, and uses it to defeat the villain, rescue her love, Seahorse, and reunite the divided houses of Li and Chen.
Illustrated by Wenhai Ma.
Family Reunion
(Macmillan, 1994)
A collection of poems featuring the characters and events of a family reunion held one sunny August day in Small Park.
Illustrated by R.W. Alley.
Big Wheel
(Disney-Hyperion, 1993)
Twelve-year-old Wheel Wiggins is the head honcho of his neighborhood. Every year he masterminds the town’s 4th of July extravaganza. But this time he’s stuck for an idea and suffering from, as he puts it, “executive stress,” made worse when everyone’s favorite deejay, Wild Willie, announces a contest for the best Independence Day celebration. At last Wheel does dream up his greatest scheme ever – an amazing carnival. But then a new kid arrives in town – a hot shot, unicycle-riding rich kid named Topper, who wants not only to join Wheel’s gang, but to take it over. And the war begins.
It’s Hard to Read a Map with a Beagle on Your Lap
(Holt, 1993)
Silly dog poems. True doggerel.
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(Disney-Hyperion, 1992)
When fourteen-year-old, would-be witch Rosie Rivera tried to concoct a love potion, she accidentally let a nasty, not-so-little imp out of a bottle instead. The creature stows away to California in a Christmas gift opened by Danny Pauling and his sister Laura. The kids think they’ve hit the jackpot and acquired a genie, who calls himself Mr. Ed, to grant them endless wishes. But Mr. Ed’s outlandish tricks soon wreak havoc all over L.A., landing Danny, Laura, and their mother in danger. It’s up to Rosie and her mother Lydia, a retired witch, to save the day.
