Best Selling Books by Florence Parry Heide

An adventure-deprived young boy''s neglectful parents and abusive servants receive their just desserts.

A collection of poems about surviving daily life presented from a child''s point of view.

Ernest always does what his mother asks...and never has any fun. When a new boy moves in next door, Ernest''s mother encourages her son to make friends. But the new neighbors seem a little bit...strange--monstrous, even. Obeying Ernest''s new friend Vlapid''s mother means Ernest must do things he''d never dare try at home. And it''s fantastic! Veteran children''s book author Florence Parry Heide and her daughter Roxanne Heide team up with Kyle M. Stone to create a gleefully subversive take on the traditional new neighbor story. Lots of energy and mayhem, and a cool gothic approach to the illustrations make this a great choice for Halloween and all year round.

A young Egyptian boy describes the city of Cairo as he goes about his daily work and waits for the evening to share a special surprise with his family.

Collects the stories of Treehorn, a boy to whom very strange things keep happening which adults, from his parents to the meter reader, do not seem to think are noteworthy.

Caught between her mother''s fashionable world and her own deep-felt values, Sara must make a painful choice.

With the help of her aunt, Florence is finally able to face a problem she has repressed for years and adjust to the changes in her life.

Eddie does clothesline detective work to foresee the appearance of his new neighbor.

There are many things we cannot see but know are there: the sun at night, the flower in the seed, birds inside their eggs--and so it is with God''s presence.

When high school senior Wendy alienates all her friends, her sister finds the reason for Wendy''s puzzling behavior in her secret love poems.

A collection of twenty-one humorous poems, about monsters and their ilk.

A newcomer to town arouses the suspicion of the Spotlight Club members with his behavior, his habit of whispering, and his strange mistakes.

Beasley, a rather portly hippopotamus, is afraid that he is too huge to be good at anything, until he enters a contest he simply cannot lose.

Timothy Twinge, a fearful worrier, discovers his own bravery after meeting an unusual visitor.

Explains the concept of God''s control over all aspects of our lives.

As the body changes, the soul grows strong in the spirit of God.