Deborah Kogan Ray

Young Billy Bartram keeps a journal of his experiences learning about the plants of the colonial United States from his father, John Bartram, as they travel together gathering specimens and planting seeds.

In San Francisco during the 1850's gold rush, Chang, the son of Chinese immigrants, wants a pony but cannot afford one until his friend Big Pete finds a solution.

While Daddy's away fighting in the Pacific, Jeannie plants a Victory garden, collects scrap, and sends letters to her father as she anxiously awaits his return.

A little girl struggles to hike up a mountain with her mother in hopes of seeing a beautiful white cloud.

A young cossack uses the devil that haunts the Sorochintsi fair to good advantage in order to win the maiden of his choice.

A collection of poems about mothers by a variety of authors.

Mother and daughter gather blueberries in the misty morning quiet at the seashore.

When two sisters have different ideas about what they want to see, a family day at the zoo turns out a little zany.

33 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm990L Lexile

A young girl describes her experiences caring for her orphaned puppy Trip.

A little girl and her mother stay up late to watch a shower of shooting stars.