Lois Lenski

The story of a farm family of southern Virginia whose work and play is regulated year-round by their peanut crop.

Wherever Betsy was, there was Tacy. These two five-year-olds became inseparable friends from the first day Tacy moved into the house across from Betsy's on Hill street, in presumably a southern Minnesota town.

A sequel to the author's "Betsy-Tacy." Betsy-Tacy and Tib play pretend, think and talk about God and form a club.

"Patsy spends a summer floating down the Mississippi river with her family on their houseboat. Grades 5-7." --

Judy lives in a tent with her family. Will they ever be able to afford a farm with a real house? Ten-year-old Judy and her family are migrants, moving from farm to farm with each new season. Starting in Alabama, they travel to Florida and up the East Coast all the way to New Jersey, always looking for steady work. Every time Judy feels as if they're beginning to put down roots, they have to move on. It's hard for her to catch up in school; it's hard...

Regional story of Tina and her family who live in a coal mining town in West Virginia. A mining accident brings everyone together.

Joel, son of an Oregon logger, grows up in a family that sees the forest as a thing to be cut down; but as he watches fire, flood, and cutting damage the forests he loves, and realizes the dangers of his father's profession, he is better able to select the right future for himself.

When she moves up North, Lula Bell, a young African-American girl, misses the comfort and wisdom of her grandmother, Mama Hattie.

Fireman Small and his little fire engine answer a call, rescue a little girl, and save a house from burning down.

Mr. Small has a little red auto. The story and pictures show Mr. Small taking care of this little auto.