Patrice Barton

"Libby and her great-aunt, Lobo, both learn the Pledge of Allegiance--Libby for school, and Lobo for her U.S. citizenship ceremony"-- Provided by publisher.

A student who uses a wheelchair finds a way to see her dog each day in school.

"Crum uses only the title word (if you don't count a single "Woof?"), but the various inflections speak volumes about the comic dynamics of sharing...[Barton's] dizzyingly expressive digitized pencil sketches seem to be everywhere at once continually reframing the action to make sure readers savor every gleefully anarchic moment."--Publishers weekly, starred review. ""The two youngsters are simply adorable, and their alternating surprised and gleeful...

Brian has always felt invisible at school, but when a new student, Justin, arrives, everything changes. Presented in Spanish.

Eleven-year-old Anna takes a trip to China and learns more about herself and her Chinese heritage.

Fifth-grader Anna is concerned that her baby sister Kaylee, adopted from China three months ago, is not thriving so she and her best friends, Laura and Camille, create a science project that may save the day.

A collection of stories of life in the late nineteenth century, many reflecting the Christian faith of the author's family, including tales of pride in a new dress, a special apron for grandpa, and a little girl lost while asleep in her own bed.

Rosie's rival, Violet, outdoes her in everything until the class plants seeds for a unit on gardening.

Jonah tags along when Maise takes the dog, Tinker, out, and he turns their walk into an exercise in imagination.

The smiling moon watches over a baby girl in China whose parents love her but cannot take care of her, and guides a childless couple that lives far away to the daughter for whom they yearn.