Joanne Oppenheim

When the Prince refuses to go to bed each night, people come from near and far with "cures," but an old woman knows the best way of putting children to sleep.

"A very stubborn Prince learns how to expand his diet and try new foods"--

After Japanese planes bombed Pearl Harbor, over 100,000 Japanese Americans were ordered to leave their homes. The government was afraid that because they looked like "the enemy," they might be spies. One American, librarian Clara Breed, was heartbroken and outraged. As the San Diego Public Library's Children's Librarian, Miss Breed was close to many of the children who were evacuated. She went to the train station the day they left, handing out postcards...

Simple rhyming text and illustrations present different kinds of cats and their behavior.

On a dark and windy night, the animals in the barn are frightened by strange noises above them and think there might be a ghost in the barn with them.

A simple description of different types of birds--how they sound and what they do.

Allie finds a frog for show-and-tell, but he disappears before she can take him to school.

Describes in verse a variety of bugs and how they look, behave, and improve our lives.

While singing "Row, Row, Row Your Boat" in the bathtub, a boy becomes the skipper of several imaginary vessels.

A biography of the Cherokee Indian who invented a syllabary for the Cherokee language.