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Thirteen moons on turtle's back

a Native American year of moons
Celebrates the seasons of the year through poems from the legends of such Native American tribes as the Cherokee, Cree, and Sioux.

If I ran the circus

1984
A boy imagines he owns a circus with fantastic incredible animals who perform unperformable tricks.

The midnight farm

1995
Secrets of the dark are revealed in this poem describing a farm at midnight.

Patchwork island

1994
A mother making a quilt for her child stitches the varied topography of their beautiful island into her patchwork pattern.

Peace is a circle of love

1993
Peace is defined and illustrated as people throughout the world forgiving, trusting, loving one another, and working together to plan a better world.

Joyful Noise

Poems for Two Voices
1997

Jim, who ran away from his nurse, and was eaten by a lion

a cautionary tale
1987
Describes the terrible fate that befell a disobedient little boy at the zoo.

Seasons

a book of poems
2003
This book is a collection of poems about seasons.

The night before Christmas

1982
St. Nicholas pays a Christmas Eve visit to a family of mice living in a hollow tree in the forest.

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