Lyon, George Ella

Having been forced to act as mother and housekeeper during Mama's illness, twelve-year-old Amanda has a holiday in Memphis, far removed from the Depression drudgery of her Kentucky mountain family.

When discovered on the playground in front of the drive-in movie screen, Boulevard, a stray cat, stays in her new home for a short while before taking to the road.

A small dog suffers from a broken heart when her dog companion dies until a veterinarian advises the family that there is only one thing to do.

The adventures of a young boy hired to shepherd a boxcar of farm animals from Kentucky to Canada.

Mother and child ponder the past in discussing who might have traveled down an old, old road, looking backwards from pioneer settlers all the way to prehistoric animals.

The rhyming verse presents all sorts of "appetizing" meals to be had outdoors, including "puddle ink to drink", "gravel crunch for lunch", and "worms and dirt for dessert.".

A young visitor visiting the city that the Pueblo built describes the ruins where the Anasazi lived long ago.

When Sumi's brother leaves for boarding school, her best friend moves away, her grandfather dies, and her mother withdraws into grief, Sumi finds herself facing the beginning of adolescence alone and afraid.

Five brothers and sisters drive their parents to distraction with their musical band composed of such instruments as spoons, skillets, and pots.

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