fiction

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A place to grow

2002
As a father tells his daughter what a seed needs to flourish, he also explains the reasons he emigrated to a new homeland.

My duck

2000
A little girl tries to write a story that her unimaginative teacher will like, but the characters she creates have minds of their own and refuse to leave the story.

Alan and the animal kingdom

1977
When the aunt who is his guardian dies, an orphaned boy decides to tell no one and so make sure that his collection of pet animals won't be destroyed when he is sent to a new home.

The snowball

2003
A small snowball gets bumped by a skier and rolls down the hill growing in size and picking up people as it goes.

Runaway dreidel!

2002
In this rhyming tale in the style of "The Night before Christmas," a family's preparations for Chanukah are disrupted by a wildly spinning dreidel.

Together for Kwanzaa

2000
While celebrating Kwanzaa and its many traditions with her parents, Kayla hopes that her big brother Khari will get home from college before the holiday is over.

Mole and the baby bird

2002
Mole rescues a baby bird, cares for it, and loves it, until the day he realizes it is because he loves it that he must set it free.

Our class took a trip to the zoo

2002
A cumulative verse with rebuses in which a young boy has a wonderful day at the zoo, despite a series of mishaps with the animals.

Horse shy

2007
After she and her Saddle Club friends return from an enjoyable overnight camping trip with other members of Pine Hollow Stables, Carole is delighted to be given the care of a thoroughbred stallion she's come to love.

Today is Thanksgiving!

1993
Describes the activities, feelings, and food involved in a traditional Thanksgiving Day, from waking in the morning to preparing for bed at night.

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