Perkins is a wise old tabby cat with a problem: His
8-year-old owner insists on doing his picture for a "Paint Your Pet"
competition. Perkins is very fond of Lexie, but really! All he wants
in life is a little peace and quiet. Perkins doesn't expect to find a
surprising talent of his own.
The Cats of Cuckoo Square : Two
Stories.
Illustrated by Tony Ross. New York: Delacorte, c1997 (2001).
The Fabulous Fantoras. Book one, Family Files. 1st ed. New
York: Avon, 1998.
Ozzy the cat describes the activities of the unusual Fantora
family, which includes a clairvoyant grandmother, an invisible boy and a
vegetarian vampire aunt.
The Family Photographs, Vol. 2. pa. HarperCollins, 2000.
While the family is away, Ozymandias, their cat,
invites you inside to learn the truth behind an intriguing
assortment of snapshots on the Fantora Family Wall.
From
Lullaby to Lullaby. Illustrated by Kathryn Brown. 1st ed.
New York: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 1997.
A lullaby in which a parent, while knitting a blanket for a
child, describes the dreams of each of the objects pictured in the
blanket.
The Girls in the Velvet Frame. 1st American ed. New York:
Atheneum, 1979, c1978.
In Jerusalem just before World War I five sisters send their
photograph to a New York newspaper in hope of contacting their brother
from whom they have not heard for one year.
Golden Windows and Other Stories of Jerusalem. 1st ed. New York:
HarperCollins, 1993.
Five short stories which describe what it was like to grow
up in Jerusalem in the first half of the twentieth century.
The Green Behind the Glass : Love Stories. London: H. Hamilton,
1982.
A collection of eight love stories.
Happy Endings. 1st U.S. ed. San Diego: Harcourt Brace
Jovanovich, 1991.
Sixteen-year-old Mel encounters a tangled web of
relationships and her first romance when she is cast in a local theater
company's production of "Three Sisters."
Little Swan. Illustrated by Johanna Westerman. New York: Random
House, 1995.
Annie's seven-year-old sister Weezer begins taking ballet
lessons, and Annie watches as she becomes a "proper ballerina."
The Magic of Ballet: Giselle. By Adele Geras and Emma
Chichester Clark. Sterling, 2001. Ages 6 to 9.
Retelling of the story of the classical ballet. Poor
Giselle! With her innocent and trusting nature, she could not imagine
the village man she loves is really Count Albrecht in disguise--and he
is alredy promised to another. Reviews at Barnes & Noble
The Magic of Ballet: The Nutcracker. Sterling, 2001. Ages
6 to 9.
Join young Clara and her handsome Nutcracker Prince as
they journey into the delightful Land of Sweets>
The Magic of
Ballet: Sleeping Beauty. Sterling, 2001. Ages 6 to 9.
A retelling of the story of the classical ballet.
Story of a beautiful princess who must sleep for 100 years, until a
prince's kiss awakens her. Reviews at Barnes & Noble
The Magic of Ballet: Swan Lake. Sterling, 2001. Ages 6 to
9.
A retelling of the story of the classical ballet.
Deep, deep in the forest, live enchanted maidens, turned into swans
by an evil sorcerer. Only if a man pledges his undying love to
Odette, their queen--and keeps his vow--will the spell be broken.
My Grandmother's Stories : A Collection of Jewish Folk
Tales. Illustrated by Jael Jordan. New York: Knopf, 1990.
My Wishes for You. Illustrated by Cliff Wright. 1st U.S. ed.
New York: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2002.
Expresses the wishes a parent has for a child all day long,
from morning kisses and sunshine to a quilt providing warmth and safety
through the moonlit night.
Nursery School Rabbit. Illustrated by Vanessa Julian-Ottie. 1st
American ed. New York: Random House, 1987.
Previously published: Ritchie's Rabbit. H. Hamilton,
1986. The rabbit Ritchie makes out of dough in nursery school gets
squashed, but Ritchie's father helps him repair the situation.
Other Echoes. 1st ed. New York: Atheneum, 1982.
New York: Atheneum, 1982.
Now eighteen and about to leave her English boarding school,
Flora Baxter remembers a time when she was nine and living in North
Borneo.
Pictures of the Night. 1st U.S. ed. San Diego, CA: Harcourt
Brace Jovanovich, 1993.
In a modern version of the Snow White fairy tale,
eighteen-year-old Bella is plagued by a series of mysterious accidents
while singing with a small band in London and Paris during her summer
break from school, and believes them to be caused by her jealous,
malevolent stepmother.
Sleep Tight, Ginger Kitten. Illustrated by Catherine Walters.
1st American ed. New York: Dutton, 2001.
Ginger kitten looks for a comfortable place to sleep.
The Six Swan Brothers . pa. Scholastic, 1998.
A revision of the traditional tale.
Snapshots of
Paradise : Love Stories. 1st American ed. Atheneum,
1984.
Eight short stories on themes related to youthful
romance.
Sun Slices, Moon Slices. pa. Scholastic, 1999.
Maria, his babysitter, takes Lewis and the other
children for a special treat. Today they're allowed to go
shopping with her for sun and moon slices.
The
Tower Room. 1st U.S. ed. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1992.
In a modern version of the Rapunzel fairy tale, Megan, who
lives at a secluded girl's school where her foster mother is
headmistress, falls in love for the first time with the young man her
foster mother has chosen for herself.
Troy. Harcourt, 2001. Grades 9 up.
Told from the point of view of the women of Troy, portrays
the last weeks of the Trojan War, when women are sick of tending the
wounded, men are tired of fighting, and bored gods and goddesses find
ways to stir things up. Reviews at Barnes and Noble
Voyage. Simon & Schuster, 1983.
The story of a number of Jews emigrating to the
United States from Eastern Europe in 1904 aboard the S.S.
Danzig. Reviews at Barnes & Noble
Watching
the Roses : An Egerton Hall Novel. Illustrated by Dave
Kramer. pa. Harcourt, 1998. Grades 7 to 10..
After being raped at her eighteenth birthday party, an
English Girl, whose life resembles a modern version of the Sleeping
Beauty fairy tale, withdraws into silent thoughts of her unusual family
and the events that led to her trauma. Reviews at Barnes & Noble
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Nonfiction
Beauty and the Beast : And Other Stories. Retold by Adele
Geras; illustrated by Louise Brierley. New York: Viking, 1996.
Includes "Beauty and the Beast," "Hansel and Gretel,"
"The Tinderbox," "Rapunzel," "Vipers and Pearls," "Bluebeard," "The
Girl Who Stepped on a Loaf," "Something More."
The Random House Book of Opera Stories. Retold by Adele
Geras; illustrations by Ian Beck. 1st American ed. New York: Random
House, 1998.
A Treasury of
Jewish Stories. chosen by
Adele Geras; illustrated by Jane Cope. New York: Kingfisher, 1996.
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