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.

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.

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

Halted on their bus trip by a winter blizzard, Cindy and Jay learn of a crime being plotted and embark on a treacherous mission to warn the intended victim.

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

On his birthday Treehorn finds a genie in a bottle and is granted the standard number of wishes.

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

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

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.

To a little boy the fire-escape landing is his castle and the center of all his daily activities.

While house sitting for a neighbor, the members of the Spotlight Club try to discover what in the house is attracting nighttime prowlers.

There are only ten minutes to deal with an arsonist''s time bomb which is in a car in the basement of the Brillstone apartments.

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.

Liza and Logan investigate a spiritualist they believe is trying to cheat their neighbor out of her inheritance.

A series of petty thefts in the neighborhood leads the Spotlight Club into a new mystery.

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

Records the experiences and sensations of a blind black boy as he maneuvers in his small world.

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

Four easy-to-read stories about animals and their friends told in rhyme.

Interviews for a research project lead two teenagers to discover the secret of a desperate man.

Reveals the inner world of a 13-year-old mentally handicapped girl.

Eddie tries to distract Alice from watching TV but even a monster can''t get her away from the television set.

The Spotlight Club detectives try to locate a grocery store thief who disappears into a neighborhood theater.

The three Spotlight Club members track down a pickpocket loose in the zoo.

Children in three different stories cope with larger-than-life problems.

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.

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.

During an especially hot summer the cold air from the air conditioners drifted up and awakened Jack Frost who thought he had overslept the winter.

The Spotlight Club detectives go on vacation and discover, on a forgotten island, someone who needs their help and an apparent friend who suddenly shows his true colors as an enemy.

Who Can? is part of a basic reading program with controlled vocabulary and structured skill development designed to provide an individualized, motivation approach to reading and language development.

A story based on the concept of God''s commandment to love one another.