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Abby Jones, Junior Detective Mysteries
Have You Seen Hyacinth Macaw? (1981) Loretta P. Sweeny, Where Are You? (1983) Tootsie Tanner Why Don't You Talk? (1987)
Adventures of Minnie and Max
Kidnap at the Catfish Cafe (1998)
Assisted by her cat Max, sixth grader Minnie starts up her new detective agency by investigating a kidnapping and a thief who will steal anything, even a hot stove. Mary Moon Is Missing (1998)
Assisted by her cat Max and her friend Cash, Minnie tries to find Mary Moon, a valuable racing pigeon that has disappeared just before a big race.
Ballet Slippers
Dance With Rosie (1996) Rosie's Nutcracker Dreams (1996) Starring Rosie (1997)
Rosie volunteers to provide the prince and the props for her ballet class production of Sleeping Beauty. Not So Perfect Rosie (1997) A Glass Slipper for Rosie (1997) Rosie's Big City Ballet (1998)
Casey Valentine and Friends
Fourth Grade Celebrity (1979) The Girl Who Knew It All (1979) Left-Handed Shortstop (1980) The Winter Worm Business (1981) Love, From the Fifth Grade Celebrity (1986)
Friends and Amigos
Adios, Anna (1995) with DyAnne DiSalvo-Ryan (Illustrator)
Sarah has to say adios to her best friend Anna who is going to camp. Luckily Sarah plans to keep busy by learning to speak Spanish. Say Hola, Sarah (1995) Ho, Ho, Benjamin, Feliz Navidad (1995) Happy Birthday, Anna, Sorpresa! (1996) Good Dog, Bonita (1996) It's a Fiesta, Benjamin (1996)
Kids of the Polk Street School Series
The Beast in Ms. Rooney's Room (1984) with Blanche L. Sims (Illustrator)
Held back for a year in second grade, Richard can't seem to help getting into trouble, until he gets really interested in reading and helps his class in a special way. Fish Face ((1986)
Making friends with the new girl in her class is hard for Emily after she replaces Emily as the fastest runner and steals her lucky unicorn. The Candy Corn Contest (1986)
Richard determines to win the Thanksgiving Candy Corn contest by guessing the correct number of candies in the jar but before he realizes what he's done he eats three big pieces. What will the teacher do when she finds out? December Secrets (1984)
Each student in Ms. Rooney's room celebrates the December holidays by being a secret pal to a classmate. In the Dinosaur's Paw (1985)
When the kids in Ms. Rooney's class return to school after Christmas, one of them suspects he has found a magic ruler that makes wishes come true. The Valentine Star (1985)
As Valentine's Day approaches and her class becomes busy making cards, Emily is worried about her fight with Sherri, who tells her, "You'll be sorry." Lazy Lions, Lucky Lambs (1985)
March is the worst month for Richard Best, it's report card time and if he doesn't get good grades he might be left back again. Snaggle Doodles (1985)
Emily Arrow has two problems, trying to work in her invention group with bossy Linda Lorca in charge and thinking of a wedding present for Ms. Vincent, the student teacher. Purple Climbing Days (1985)
With the help of the meanest substitute teacher in the whole school, Richard "Beast" Best learns a lesson about fear. Say Cheese (1985)
At the close of the school year, Emily thinks about the fun she has had with her classmates. Sunny Side Up (1986)
Summer for Richard Best, nicknamed Beast, means facing the two ordeals of summer school and losing his best friend, who is moving to a distant state. Pickle Puss (1986)
Emily Arrow determines to get the most fish in the library's Fish for a Good Book contest, but she doesn't take into account the equal determination of Dawn Bosco. The Beast and the Halloween Horror (1990) Emily Arrow Promises to Do Better This Year (1990) Monster Rabbit Runs Amuck (1991) Wake Up, Emily, It's Mother's Day (1991)
Lincoln Lions Band
Meet the Lincoln Lions Band (1992) Yankee Doodle Drumsticks (1992) The Jingle Bells Jam (1992) The Rootin' Tootin' Bugle Boy (1993) The Red, White, and Blue Valentine (1993) The Great Shamrock Disaster (1993)
New Kids at the Polk Street School
Watch Out! Man-Eating Snake (1988) Fancy Feet (1988) All About Stacy (1990)
Stacy can't wait to start a new class project, a box to put special things she likes into. But she can't think of anything to put in it. B-E-S-T Friends (1990)
Having to be the new girl's partner in class is horrible, Stacy thinks. She does everything wrong or differently, and it's not easy for Stacy to be her friend. Spectacular Stone Soup (1989) Stacy Says Good-Bye (1990)
Polk Street Special
Write Up a Storm With the Polk Street School (1993) Count Your Money With the Polk Street School (1994) Postcard Pest (1994) Turkey Trouble (1994) Showtime at the Polk Street School: Plays You Can Do Yourself or in the Classroom (1995) ??? Green Thumbs, Everyone (1996) Pet Parade (1994) Next Stop, New York City! (1997) Oh Boy, Boston! (1997) Let's Go Philadelphia! (1998)
Polka Dot, Private Eye Series
Mystery of the Blue Ring (1987) The Riddle of the Red Purse (1987) The Secret at the Polk Street School (1987) The Powder Puff Puzzle (1987) The Case of the Cool Itch Kid (1989) Garbage Juice for Breakfast (1989) The Trail of the Screaming Teenager (1990) The Clue At the Zoo (1990)
Ronald Morgan
Today Was a Terrible Day (1980) with Susanna Natti (Illustrator)
Follows the humorous mishaps of a second grader who is learning to read. The Almost Awful Play (1985) Watch Out, Ronald Morgan! (1986) Happy Birthday, Ronald Morgan! (1988) Ronald Morgan Goes to Bat (1988) Ronald Morgan Goes to Camp (1995) Good Luck, Ronald Morgan! (1996)
Other
The Girl Who Knew It All (1979) Next Year I'll Be Special (1980) The Winter Worm Business (1981) The Gift of the Pirate Queen (1982) Suspect (1982) Rat Teeth (1984) Watch Out! Man-Eating Snake! (1988) Poopsie Pomerantz, Pick Up Your Feet (1990) The Trail of the Screaming Teenager (1990) Shark in School (1994) Look Out, Washington D.C. (1995) Pet Parade (1996) Lily's Crossing (1997)
Portrayal of an American girl during World War II. Nory Ryan's Song (2000) All the Way Home (2001)
In 1941, circumstances bring together Brick, a boy from New York's apple country, and Mariel, a young girl made shy by her bout with polio, and the two make a journey from Brooklyn back to help Brick's elderly neighbors save their apple crop an d to help Mariel learn about her past. Pictures of Hollis Woods (2002) -- Honorable Mention 2003 Newbury Medal
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