George Ella Lyon

Children's author and renowned poet George Ella Lyon won the Golden Kite Award. Sonny's House of Spies is a deeply affecting story of a family whose closely guarded secrets are beginning to cause harm. In 1950s Alabama, the Bradshaw children-Sonny, Loretta, and Deaton-are perfecting their spycraft. Ever since Mama kicked Daddy out of the house, 13-year-old Sonny has sensed that someone is watching them, someone unseen. So one Friday, Sonny sneaks...

Introduces young children to the water cycle with simple text and illustrations.

A child relates some of the wondrous tales told by an old man who once found a falling star and stood at the end of a rainbow.

"A mama bird tries to convince a baby bird to leave the nest"--

Illustrations and easy-to-read rhyming text celebrate different kinds of planes, their instruments, what they carry, and what it is like to go for a flight.

The adventures of a young boy hired to shepherd a boxcar of farm animals from Kentucky to Canada.

Mother and child ponder the past in discussing who might have traveled down an old, old road, looking backwards from pioneer settlers all the way to prehistoric animals.

Third-grader Sharonda and her mother help volunteers from their church to build the house that will be their very own.

A small dog suffers from a broken heart when her dog companion dies until a veterinarian advises the family that there is only one thing to do.

"A bold, lyrical collection of poems with gorgeous illustrations that highlight some of the most celebrated activists from around the world"--