Hoffman, Mary

Grace wants to participate in her community festival's princess float, but first she must decide what sort of a princess she wants to be--from an African princess in kente cloth robes to a floaty pink fairy tale princess.

An illustrated overview of families, examining various aspects of families from houses to holidays to schools and pets, and discussing feelings and family trees.

The ancient philosophy of the world as made up of four elements--earth, fire, water, and air--becomes a contemporary entreaty for respect for the natural world and our place in it.

In the winter of 1208 while the dispute between the Pope and the Cathars intensifies, thirteen-year-old Lady Elinor, secretely in love with the troubadour Bertran de Miramont and determined to avoid her imminent marriage to an older man, runs away from her family's castle disguised as an apprentice troubadour, unaware of the dangers ahead as the Albigensian Crusade begins its onslaught on her native Languedoc.

Briefly describes the physical characteristics, habits, and behavior of monkeys.

Seventeen-year-old Matt, painfully dyslexic and insecure, discovers that he can travel between worlds after being transported to Talia, where he joins Luciano and other Stravaganti in trying to prevent the di Chimici family's breakthrough into our world.

Seventeen-year-old Sky joins Georgia and the other Stravagante when he leaves London for Giglia, a city similar to renaissance Florence, and becomes involved in ancient feuds and palace intrigue.

With a Solomon-like wisdom far beyond her seven years, young Katya helps her father solve a riddle posed by the Tsar.

A collection of seven tales from around the world that explore the unique relationship between brothers and sisters.

Grace has mixed feelings when she finds out that her mom and step-dad are going to have a baby and confides those feelings to her grandmother.