Havill, Juanita

When her older brother refuses to let her tag along with him, Jamaica goes off by herself and allows a younger child to play with her.

While vacationing over the course of several summers in Austria, French siblings Guy and Sarah Masson become best friends with a German boy, until the outbreak of World War I puts them on opposing sides.

Jamaica copies from a friend during a spelling test because she wants a perfect paper, but her substitute teacher Mrs. Duval helps her understand that she does not have to be perfect to be special.

Twenty illustrated poems depict a fairy who visits a garden and listens to the stories of the garden vegetables.

Jamaica thinks her classmate Russell is a pest who is always getting into trouble, but then she discovers he is moving away.

A Swedish troll emigrates to Kentucky and tries to live there in disguise among the humans, using his magic powder to make butter and luring a pretty girl to his cabin.

While working on the ivory carving that he hopes will make his fortune, Sato comes to understand the plight of the endangered elephants.