Best Selling Books by Anna Grossnickle Hines

Bethany makes a new friend while trading pretend lemonade for a pretend kitten.

While big sister Carla is at school, Jackie plays school, prepares a surprise for Carla, and eagerly awaits her return.

Pieces of the seasons appear and disappear in a patchwork pattern making up a year.

Eight-year-old Sophie reluctantly joins the new club formed by Charlotte, the class bully, and finds herself being hurt when her best friend is manipulated into telling Sophie''s darkest secret.

An eye-catching twist on a classic nursery rhyme

Donnie and Gramma, who is in a wheelchair, take an imagined walk to the seashore and smell the salty breeze, walk barefoot on the warm sand, observe animals, and build a sand castle.

The independent little girl in this snug story loves her brand new big bed but . . . What if I fall out? What if I get lonely? What if I get lost? What if I get scared? Just right for young children making the transition from crib to bed, and featuring Mary Watson''s comforting and realistic paintings, My Own Big Bed celebrates self-reliance, eases fears, and -- with a tuck and a kiss from Mommy and Daddy -- promises a safe and cozy night''s sleep.

Unenthusiastic about babysitting their brother Joshua, Abby and Penny play a trick on him, but they are dismayed when the trick backfires.

Albert and his grandma have a special long-distance relationship, but when she comes to visit, it takes him a little while to overcome his shyness.

Joe is the last one in his class to line up for a walk to the park, and he lags behind all the others, but he sees a lot more than they do.

Young children playing learn the necessity of compromise.

Sam''s older brother Mike keeps fooling him, but Sam thinks of a way to turn the tables.

Rich, luminous fabrics. Eleven miles of thread. An uncountable number of stitches. Clear, sparkling words. With these ingredients Anna Grossnickle Hines celebrates the lights that brighten the darkest season of our year. In poems and quilts she captures each heartening glow and flicker, from the moon and aurora borealis to the holiday lights of Santa Lucia, Hanukkah, Christmas, Kwanzaa, and Chinese New Year to one lone candle and a hidden flashlight in the deep, dark night.

Uncle Jack loves to tease the kids with scary mean faces and growly mean noises, but one day his nieces and nephews turn the tables on him.

A father and daughter share a special time when they go out on a clear night to watch the stars.

Andy tells his dog Sam to stay behind when he takes his teddy bear around the barnyard to introduce him to all the animals.

Emily pretends to be various creatures and Mother guesses what they are.

Spending the night at Grandma''s house, Lassen and her cousins have fun but discover that there are limits to Grandma''s patience.

While hoping that her divorced father will come from California to help celebrate her tenth birthday with her mother and brother, Cassie reluctantly agrees to boy-crazy Stacy''s suggestion to have an additional party that includes boys and dancing.

The author captures the familiar situation of a child who doesn''t want to be left by a parent. Jamie tries to delay his parents'' departure for an evening out, asking Mama lots of questions. All his tactics meet with Mama''s patient and loving reassurance, warmly and perceptively conveyed in this simple story and colorful illustrations.