Patricia Polacco

Sixth-grade friends Lyla and Jamie, both new to their school, stand up for each other when a clique of popular girls bullies them online.

A single china cup from a tea set left behind when Jews were forced to leave Russia helps hold a family together through generations of living in America, reminding them of the most important things in life.

A rhyming celebration of goats and their antics, from A to Z.

When Mr. Lincoln, "the coolest principal in the whole world," discovers that Eugene, the school bully, knows a lot about birds, he uses this interest to help Eugene overcome his intolerance.

Three goats visit a fair but run home after they seem to encounter a troll.

From the day the author's mother first sewed Betty Doll together stitch-by-stitch to the day, many years later, when she discovered she had cancer, her sweet Betty Doll was there--through blizzards, sickness, and weddings.

Describes how a teacher named Miss Chew encouraged individuality, and accepted learning differences, and helped a young student with academic difficulties get extra time to take tests and permission to be in advanced art classes. Inspired by the author's memories of her art teacher.

Grandma finds a way to dispel her grandchild's fear of thunderstorms.

In this variation on the story of "The Fisherman and His Wife," a young Ukrainian girl must repeatedly return to the wren she has rescued to relay her parents' increasingly greedy demands.

Aunt Chip saves the town of Triple Creek, where everyone has forgotten how to read because of the invasion of television.