Barbara Bottner

A first-grade girl--who does not like to read--stubbornly resists her school librarian's efforts to convince her to love books until she finds one that might change her mind.

A child looks back on a day at the beach and drifts off to sleep, one body part at a time.

In the Bronx in the early 1960s, fourteen-year-old Maisie and her longtime friend Richie start high school, as each struggles with an abusive parent.

Rosa searches for things that will fill her room in her new home, but it feels empty until she discovers exactly what is missing.

A school librarian encourages her students to make up stories, and teaches a lesson about bullying in the process.

A young girl prepares for and participates in the wedding of her favorite aunt.

Duck on a bike : A duck decides to ride a bike and soon influences all the other animals on the farm to ride bikes too. Knuffle Bunny too : This is the story of how Trixie loses her beloved bunny and gains him back, along with something new: her very first best friend. Wallace's lists : Wallace, a mouse, can do almost anything, as long as he has a list. Then he meets a new neighbor, who loves music and adventure, and he discovers the world outside...

Wallace, a mouse, can do almost anything, as long as he has a list. Then he meets a new neighbor, Albert, who loves music and adventure, and Wallace discovers a wonderful world that he and his lists had not anticipated.

When Rosemary mistakenly thinks that everyone has forgotten her birthday, she sulks both at home and at school.