Yolen, Jane

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Welcome to the ice house

1998
The coming of warm weather to the arctic brings an explosion of color from flowering plants and a thundering return of wildlife.

Dream Weaver

1979
For a penny a dream, the old blind Dream Weaver weaves dreams for seven sets of passers-by.

The devil's arithmetic

1988
Hannah resents stories of her Jewish heritage and of the past until, when opening the door during a Passover Seder, she finds herself in Poland during World War II where she experiences the horrors of a concentration camp, and learns why she-- and we--need to remember the past.

Raining cats and dogs

1993
A collection of nine poems about cats and nine poems about dogs, bound together in an upside-down book.

Sky dogs

1990
A young motherless boy in a tribe of Blackfeet Indians is present when his people see horses for the first time and are changed forever.

Bad girls

sirens, Jezebels, murderesses, thieves & other female villains
2013
Looks at twenty-six infamous females from throughout history, including Bloody Mary, Calamity Jane, and Bonnie Parker among others.

Grumbles from the forest

fairy-tale voices with a twist : poems
2013
Fairy tale characters express their opinions in poem.

The Emily sonnets

the life of Emily Dickinson
2012
Writer Jane Yolen employs 15 sonnets, accompanied by brief biographical notes, to tell of the reclusive life and literary innovations of 19th-century American poet Emily Dickinson.

Bug off!

creepy, crawly poems
2012
A collection of children's poems involving insects and spiders.

Birds of a feather

2011
Contains poems about birds, complemented by color photographs.

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