children's writings

Drawings, letters, and poems by children from schools and refugee camps in former Yugoslavia, expressing their hopes and fears in a shattered world.

The author presents letters from children to her confiding their concerns with friendships, families, illness, sexuality, and other problems; and in return, Ms. Blume shares similar moments from her own life, both as a child and as a parent.

The third volume of "Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul" offers teens more life lessons from their peers. Chapters focus on love, friendship, family, growing up, kindness, making a difference, and other relevant topics.

A selection of letters written to United States presidents by young people is accompanied by information providing historical context for the writers' concerns and ideas.

Part of a series in which children write and illustrate their own books, this volume describes how a kindergarten class became more environmentally friendly.

Part of a series in which children write and illustrate their own books, this volume describes the prairie landscape and ecology around the authors' Kildeer Countryside Elementary School in Long Grove, Illinois.

When Amy, the only girl and star player on her school's football team, breaks her arm, her parents insist that she give up football and take up ballet instead.

While at the circus, a girl suddenly becomes part of the show after being swooped up by the lady on the horse.

When a mysterious stranger arrives in a chaotic land without time, he separates nights from days and minutes from hours only to find that people remain dissatisfied.