Heide, Florence Parry

Vignettes of children whose less than desirable behavior is masked in insidious but acceptable ways.

On his birthday Treehorn finds a genie in a bottle and is granted the standard number of wishes.

Pulcifer's preference for books is considered a grave problem by the television-addicted world around him.

A boy discovers he is shrinking but does not know the cause or cure.

A collection of poems about the many aspects of time, including "The Time Machine," "Wasting Time," and "Time Zones.".

Relates the misadventures of Marigold, who does not agree with anyone, as she shops with her mother for a coat, becomes interested in a new hobby, finds a way to "bug" her best friend, Maxine, and imaginatively copes with finding the right outfit for the first day of school.

A ten-year-old Lebanese boy goes to school, helps his mother with chores, plays with his friends, and lives with his family in a basement shelter when bombings occur and fighting begins on his street.

Ishaq, the son of the chief translator to the Caliph of ancient Baghdad, travels the world in search of precious books and manuscripts and brings them back to the great library known as the House of Wisdom.

A list of scary things includes "roller skating down hill when you haven't learned how to stop, getting hugged by somebody you don't like, and finding out your best friend has a best friend who isn't you.".