Most Popular Books by Patricia Lakin

Discusses how children and families in different countries around the world live.

A girl and her father prepare their beach cottage for the coming hurricane, which topples their swing tree and washes away their stairs. Includes section of hurricane facts.

After visiting the local post office, Mr. Summers''s third-grade class gains a greater respect for mail carriers and the work they perform.

Officer Tony Rollins visits his Little Brother Manuel Lopez at Parkside Elementary School and talks to the students about keeping safe from strangers.

Examines the role grandparents play in various countries, including Iraq, Canada, the United States, China, Swaziland, Ecuador, and Italy, discussing their position as the elders in their cultures.

When the town has money problems, Edward, the mayor''s nephew, helps find a way for people to work together to meet the needs of Parkside Elementary School and the Senior Citizen''s Center.

A collection of funny songs and games to play when riding in your car.

Tim, a reluctant reader, becomes excited about a reading assignment when his teacher lets Tim illustrate his own book.

Four crocodile friends have many adventures on the way to the beach.

Sam, Pam, Will and Jill are crocodile friends with a camping plan but not much know-how. They get lost on their way to the campsite, get attacked by a swarm of bees, get all mixed up while trying to assemble their tent, and then get so frightened by nighttime shadows that their campout is in danger of fizzing out. But all ends well, as it always does for this happygo- lucky crew. This is a breezy summer story that?s ?ideally pitched for prereaders or brand-new ones? (as Booklist said of its predecessor, Rainy Day!).

Earl, the custodian at Parkside Elementary School, helps keep the school running smoothly and finds everything from lost hats to lunch boxes.

The third grade of Parkside Elementary School finds out that it is hard work as well as fun to produce their own school newspaper.

While playing soccer with his classmates, Jeff demonstrates poor sportsmanship but gets some pointers on good behavior from his physical education teacher.

This is a true incident in the life of young Helen Keller in which she gets stuck in a storm and her teacher, Annie Sullivan, rescues her. Ready-to-Read Level 2.

Becka Alden helps her mother in the family''s hardware store and tries to think of ways to increase business.

A biography of Steve Jobs: visionary, entrepreneur, inventor, and cofounder of Apple.

When Max and Mo, two class hamsters, return to school and are placed in the Art Room, they use supplies found there to spell out their names for the students. Includes directions for making a nametag using household items.

To foster caring behaviors in parents and children, Johnson & Johnson sent author Patricia Lakin to New York City elementary school children to find out their views on caring. Lakin worked with illustrators to turn the children''s stories into book form that they could read to their parents, and the parents could see how their actions impact how children see the world.