Patrice Barton

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

"Babies observe and make friends with friendly little animals"--

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

Jonah tags along when Maisie takes their dog, Tinker, out. He turns their walk into an exercise in imagination.

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

"A joyful, poetic celebration of kindergarten and first grade Poet Kay Winters has written a book of zippy poems centering on the triumphs and trials of those first school years. This cheery collection covers an astonishing range of activities from the anticipated--dashing to the bus and science class discoveries--to the completely unexpected--losing a permission slip and seeing a teacher outside the classroom. Patrice Barton's sweetly smudgy watercolor...

Twelve-year-old Anna's friend Andee spearheads a campaign to bring Fan from China to Cincinnati on a year-long cultural exchange, but before Fan even arrives Anna is concerned that Andee and Fan are too different to get along.

Heartfelt and timeless, Remarkably You is an inspirational manifesto about all of the things-little or small, loud or quiet-that make us who we are.

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