ALL I WANT TO DO IS SWIM
(Penguin/Rise X, 2026)
A rhymed picture book celebrating a girl’s newfound love of swimming.
Illustrated by Luisa Uribe.
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WHOSE TREE IS THIS? Poems About the Mighty Oak and Its Companions
(Lerner/Millbrook, 2026)
Poems and prose about an oak tree and the creatures that rely on it.
Illustrated by Julian Plum.
DON ‘T WASTE THE POOP!
(Simon Spotlight/Simon&Schuster, 2025)
How animals use poop.Illustrated by Heather Fox.
AWE-SOME DAYS: Poems about the Jewish Holidays
(Dial/Penguin, 2022)
Poems about the Jewish holidays as celebrated by a family during the course of a year.
Illustrated by Dana Wulfekotte.
HAIRY, HAIRY POODLE
(Simon Spotlight/Simon&Schuster, 2020)
A beginning reader about one very hairy poodle. Illustrated by Abigail Tompkins.
DOG SAYS, CAT SAYS
(Dial/Penguin, 2021)
How do dogs and cats see the world? Spend a day with them! A picture book. Illustrated by Sonia Sanchez.
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.
