Lyon, George Ella

The author describes how her love of words and her personal experiences evolved into a career as a writer.

Illustrations and easy-to-read rhyming text celebrate different kinds of planes, their instruments, what they carry, and what it is like to go for a flight.

An illustrated poem about friendship and togetherness.

Even though their trailer is destroyed by a tornado, a young boy's family is grateful because they find his baby sister alive.

Mother and child ponder the past in discussing who might have traveled down an old, old road, looking backwards from pioneer settlers all the way to prehistoric animals.

In a small Alabama town in 1947-1956, Sonny searches for answers about his father's disappearance, "Uncle Marty," who looks after the family, and Mamby, their black housekeeper.

Having been forced to act as mother and housekeeper during Mama's illness, twelve-year-old Amanda has a holiday in Memphis, far removed from the Depression drudgery of her Kentucky mountain family, and finds her world expanding even as she grows to understand and appreciate her own background.

A boy thinks about the possible scenarios that exist for him at home if his father goes off to fight in the Civil War.

Third-grader Sharonda and her mother help volunteers from their church and community to build the house that will be their very own.

The author simply describes how she considered various careers as she grew and how she combined them all into her work as a writer.