Elizabeth Fitzgerald Howard

Sarah is both excited and nervous about being the flower girl in her aunt's wedding.

Laurie and J. Matthew plan a birthday surprise for Lulu. Includes a recipe for "One-Two-Three-Four Cake."

In the post-Civil War South, a young African American girl is determined to prove that she can go to school just like her older brothers.

A little boy waits and listens all day for his older sister to come home from school.

A young African American girl shares a special time with her father as he tells her about when he was a soldier in Cuba during the Spanish-American War.

While visiting their Great-Aunt Flossie, two sisters get a chance to see what family treasures are stored in a locked room there.

One summer evening a brother and sister eagerly await the train that runs by their house, wondering about the surprise their uncle has promised them.

Sara and Susan share tea, cookies, crab cakes, and stories about hats when they visit their favorite relative, Aunt Flossie.

Papa and Chita leave downtown Baltimore in a buggy to find a Christmas tree in the deep woods.

The experiences of two young sisters traveling alone on the train to their great-aunt Lulu's house.