Spinelli, Eileen

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Something to tell the grandcows

2004
Hoping to have an adventure to impress her grandcows, Emmadine Cow joins Admiral Richard E. Byrd on his 1933 expedition to the South Pole.

Moe McTooth

an alley cat's tale
2003
When the weather turned cold and snowy, the alley cat Moe McTooth was glad to become an apartment cat, until the return of spring made him long for the outdoors.

Baby loves you so much!

2007
Even though her baby brother annoys her by slobbering on her homework and hitting her on the head with his ball, a big sister realizes that she loves him very much.

Summerhouse time

2007
Eleven-year-old Eileen always looks forward to August when her extended family gathers at the summerhouse for a month at the beach, but this year she is a bit reluctant to leave behind her first crush, and when she arrives she finds reality is not quite as good as her memories. Presented in simple free verse.

Someday

2007
A young girl contrasts the exciting things she might someday do, like digging for dinosaur bones and swimming with dolphins, with her present-day activities of finding loose change in the sofa cushions and feeding her goldfish.

Here comes the year

2002
Describes in rhyme the special qualities that characterize each month of the year.

Six hogs on a scooter

2000
The Hog family tries various modes of transportation to get to the opera with decidedly unexpected results.

The perfect Christmas

2011
Two families--one that is perfect and one that is far from it--celebrate Christmas in their own loving ways.

Peace Week in Miss Fox's class

2009
For "Peace Week," the animals in Miss Fox's class find ways to be peaceful instead of squabbling with each other.

Sophie's masterpiece

a spider's tale
2001
Sophie the spider makes wondrous webs, but the residents of Beekman's Boarding House do not appreciate her until at last, old and tired, she weaves her final masterpiece.

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