A collection of poems describing a variety of birds and their activities.

A young man rejects his wealthy background to lead a life of poverty and good works, always befriending animals.

A biography, emphasizing the early years, of Babe Didrikson, who broke records in golf, track and field, and other sports, at a time when there were few opportunities for female athletes.

A young boy whose father is serving overseas during World War II struggles to overcome his fears, especially his fear of the horses that pull trade wagons through his neighborhood, as he works odd jobs for money to buy his father a birthday present.

Describes the physical characteristics, habits, and natural environment of puffins, sea birds who come near land only in spring.

An "old buckaroo" tells how he became a cowboy, what the work was like in the past, and how this life has changed.

In 1905, eight-year-old Harriet Peters fulfills her dead mother's dream by climbing Long's Peak in Colorado with the help of an old mountain guide, Enos Mills. Based on a true story.

Pa and his family pack up their belongings and undertake the difficult journey to a new life in the West.

To celebrate her eighth birthday, Carrie's grandmother takes her by boat to Billingsgate Island in Cape Cod, an island that is only visible during low tides.

In this third book about Omri and his magic cupboard, Omri and his friend Patrick must risk grownups' discovering their secret when they find themselves in need of a friend's toy plastic doctors to save wounded people from the dangerous world of the Old West which the cupboard enables them to enter.