Stacey Schuett

A little girl describes the short, harsh days of winter in Alaska and her efforts to keep a moose from destroying trees and the swing in her back yard, which she finally succeeds in doing with the help of a Hanukkah treat. Includes facts about Hanukkah and the aurora borealis.

In words and pictures, this is a salute to our great country, the land of the freedom for us and for people all over the world.

Introduces the tree as "the biggest plant that grows" and explains the life cycle of an apple tree.

A girl preparing to visit her seriously ill uncle in the hospital imagines being a skywriter and flying over his bed with a message of love.

When Betsy learns that a new family is coming to the Nebraska prairie, she hopes they have a daughter who will be her friend.

While spending a week with her grandmother who, like her, is a Chippewa Indian, Kimmy learns to make a dreamcatcher which allows the sleeper to have only sweet dreams.

"When each family at the diverse Juniper Court apartment complex needs something to light up the dark of winter, the stumpy, lumpy candle provides a glow brighter than the fanciest taper, revealing the true spirit of each holiday it illuminates"--

On the eve of the 1860 presidential election as war clouds gather and the South threatens to secede, eleven-year-old Grace decides to help Abraham Lincoln get elected by writing and advising him to grow a beard.

A young girl hears a noise in the forest near her family's farm in Canada, and when she and her mother go to investigate, they find a small fawn that seems to be all alone.

Offers lyrically presented facts about space and with perspective illustrations and additional explanations in the margins.