Livia has grown up in slavery, and has always wanted to learn how to read. When Livia secretly convinces her master's son to teach her, she quickly learns to read. One day, a stranger delivers a message to the house while Livia's master is away. She ...
Todd makes a map for Fire Safety Week. It shows the escape routes his family needs to take in case their house catches fire. The map works well during a drill, but what happens when the smoke alarm beeps for real?...
A baby elephant washes up on the beach, and Marcus and Camilla are there to find it. When their mother says they can keep the elephant for awhile, Marcus and Camilla train it to hold a torch for fun. But Marcus and Camilla have no idea how important ...
The kids of Hill Street School are getting ready for their spring carnival, and the third-grade class is in charge of making fliers and maps. Everything goes smoothly, until a big mistake on the flier (and some unexpected pets!) threatens to spoil th...
Jessie's worried she'll never be able to find her way around her new neighborhood. To her, it's a crazy maze of avenues, streets, and intersections. But then she meets a big kid named Sara, an expert map reader, and things take a new direction....
Rufus and Silvia work in their uncle Antonius' pottery shop. When Rufus and Silvia figure out a secret message that is left for their uncle, they want to find out the truth. But will the truth bring trouble their way? Find out how Rufus and Silvia fi...
What's your habitat?
From tongue-in-cheek sonnets to lyrical free verse, this collection of poems explores the many kinds of home animals make for themselves. Readers experience different habitats--desert, grasslands, shoreline, wetland, and w...
Happy Groundhog Day! But when Brownie steps outside, there's not even the slightest sign of spring -- just her shadow, a frosty field, and a hungry fox who wants to munch her for lunch. Determined not to become a meal, Brownie finds a clever and tast...
Kids will love this wintry-wonderful follow-up to the popular "Brownie Groundhog and the February Fox." Brownie is ready for a long winter's nap. “Just don't wake me up,” she warns. But her friends miss her so much that they can't bear to obey...
Have a merry Oregon Christmas, from the rain forest to the desert to the mountains to the beach. Cousins Liz and Danny are seeing it all: they're camping near the Columbia River like Lewis and Clark, collecting "thunder eggs," and snowboarding near a...
2018 Moonbeam Award, GOLD: Best Illustrator
2018 Illumination Book Award
2018 Independent Press Award, Book Cover Design: Children
2018 Independent Press Award, Children's Religion
2018 Eric Hoffer Award, da Vinci Eye Co...
In a pasture near the sea, a flock of egrets lives in peaceful companionship with a herd of cows. Each day the flock flies out to explore the nearby marsh and seashore. Well, the flock minus one. One young egret always stays behind, longing to go but...