George Ella Lyon

Illustrations and simple, rhyming text reveal many different--and sometimes silly--items that trucks can haul.

A girl provides a lighthearted account of the spring floods at her rural home.

Ginny's eyes play tricks on her, making her see everything double, but when she goes to vision screening at school and discovers that not everyone sees this way, she learns that her double vision can be cured.

Follows the changing seasons in a forest as trees and animals are nourished and are dependent on each other.

A child relates some of the wondrous tales told by an old man who once found a falling star and stood at the end of a rainbow.

This poem compares a book to a house, a treasure chest, a farm, and a tree full of leaves.

A boy thinks about the possible scenarios that exist for him at home if his father goes off to fight in the Civil War.

Third-grader Sharonda and her mother help volunteers from their church to build the house that will be their very own.

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