Catherine Stock
41) Sea swan
Author
Publisher
Macmillan
Pub. Date
[1988]
Edition
First American edition.
Physical Desc
32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
At the age of seventy-five, Elzibah Swan decides to take up swimming, a pastime which enriches her life and one which she shares through letters with her young grandchildren.
42) Kele's secret
Author
Publisher
Lodestar Books
Pub. Date
[1997]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
A young African boy who lives with his grandparents on their coffee farm follows their hen in order to find out where she is hiding her eggs.
43) Better with two
Author
Publisher
Harper & Row
Pub. Date
[1988]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
30 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Laura tries to make Mrs. Brady feel better when her dog Max dies.
Author
Publisher
Morrow Junior Books
Pub. Date
[1991]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Jenny experiences the wonder of seeing and hearing the woods fill up with humming cicadas, and seventeen years later she returns with her young son to share that experience.
46) That new pet!
Author
Publisher
Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Books
Pub. Date
[1986]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
33 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
The household animals are puzzled by the tailless, featherless, noisy, messy new pet their owners bring home--it's a baby.
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2004]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
29 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Five-year-old Emily tries to understand her grandfather's death by exploring the Christian and Jewish rituals that her family practices during and after his funeral.
49) Doll baby
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books
Pub. Date
2000.
Physical Desc
47 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
A fifteen-year-old girl who is pregnant decides she wants to keep her baby, not realizing how much harder it will be than caring for her beloved Daisy Doll.
Author
Publisher
Eerdmans Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2009.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
As a refugee from Sudan to the United States, Sangoel is frustrated that no one can pronounce his name correctly until he finds a clever way to solve the problem.
53) The copycat
Author
Publisher
Atheneum
Pub. Date
[1989]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
A story in verse about a cat who enjoys imitating the sounds of other animals.