Best Selling Books by George Ella Lyon

A small dog suffers from a broken heart when her dog companion dies until a veterinarian advises the family that there is only one thing to do.

One friend helps another through the pitfalls and pratfalls of a day at summer camp.

". . . poet George Ella Lyon conducts us on a journey of spiritual exploration and transcendence, convincingly invoking the anonymous voices of our recent and ancient tribal past -- among them a Gypsy, a Buddhist boy, a Sioux woman -- in a series of monologues that embody our common experience as humans." - - Richard Taylor [from back cover review]

When discovered on the playground in front of the drive-in movie screen, Boulevard, a stray cat, stays in her new home for a short while before taking to the road.

Even though their trailer is destroyed by a tornado, a young boy''s family is grateful because they find his baby sister alive. Full-color illustrations. 10 1/4 8 3/4.

A mother describes her job working as a miner.

The whole community comes together to help Sharonda and Mama build their house!

The lives of two young people, one in Ohio and one in another dimension, intersect as they struggle to hold their single-parent families together and to explain the behavioral changes they see in their fathers.

Have you ever been blamed for mischief your brother has caused? Did you get mad? Well, so does the girl in this book about a brother who pesters, and a sister who objects -- big time. In their spirited words and pictures, favorite friends George Ella Lyon and Peter Catalanotto have a fine time righting the wrong of this familiar family injustice.

Offers the true-life story of Helen Delaney Martini, a woman who reared baby Bengal tigers, as well as other exotic animals, in her small Bronx apartment with the assistance of her zoo keeper husband.

Uses rhyme to enumerate and describe natural objects seen while walking through the woods.

Over the years, Grandma''s basket becomes embedded in many family legends.

Five brothers and sisters drive their parents to distraction with their musical band composed of such instruments as spoons, skillets, and pots.

When Sumi''s brother leaves for boarding school, her best friend moves away, her grandfather dies, and her mother withdraws into grief, Sumi finds herself facing the beginning of adolescence alone and afraid.

An alphabet book introducing the leaves from a variety of trees.

La forêt connaît bien des secrets sur ceux qu''elle abrite et sur tout ce qui s''y trouve. Veux-tu les partager ? Découvre les animaux, les plantes, la succession des saisons... en te promenant en compagnie d''un petit garçon et de son chien. Cet album aux illustrations douces emmène le lecteur à la découverte des saisons, en suivant pendant une année la vie d''une forêt et de ses habitants. Un ouvrage poétique qui permet de sensibiliser l''enfant à la nature.

An illustrated poem about friendship and togetherness.