Most Popular Books by Miska Miles

Lonely in their new town, Jenny is delighted when a stray cat comes to their house, but her mother doesn''t want the cat to stay.

A young boy living in San Francisco in 1906 enjoys Chinatown''s New Year but soon becomes homeless from the great earthquake and fire.

Ten-year-old Lottie is miserable in her new school. The girls laughed when Clara the cat followed Lottie to school, and called her "Teacher''s Pet" when she brought a jar of jam. Most of all she hates her sweater, knitted from Army surplus yarn.

After wishing on a white horse for a dog, Henry sees just the one he wants; but patience and faith are required before boy and dog can get together. Grades 3-4.

The fox is forced from his usual hunting area by a fire and takes a chance raiding the farmer''s chicken coop.

En el mundo navajo hay un tiempo para que cada cosa regrese a la tierra. La abuela lo entiende; la madre de Ani tambien, pero no Ani. Ella no puede imaginar el mundo sin la anciana, que tiene tiempo para ayudar a cuidar a los borregos, para jugar y para reir con ella. Una aproximacion a la muerte y al tiempo desde la sabiduria de las culturas amerindias.

An Atlantic Monthly Press book.Nobody''s cat was his own master, tough and independent, but occasionally in exchange for food he allowed himself to be petted.

Unable to adjust to the idea of being adopted and having a new mother and father, Aaron locks his door against the world.

A Kansas mule balks at his young owner''s efforts to exchange him for a pony. Grades 3-4.

A gosling discovers just how useful his father''s loud honking can really be.