Turner, Ann Warren

In 1874 eleven-year-old Sam and his family move from Kentucky to the southern Dakota Territory, where harsh conditions and a plague of hungry grasshoppers threaten their chances for survival.

A stray cat finds shelter at a library, but it does not feel like home until a very special delivery arrives on its doorstep.

A series of poems describes the lives of a family of dolls and their servants living in a dollhouse in a young girl's room, from the perspective of Emma, the oldest of the doll children.

A simple description of the life of Abraham Lincoln, presented from his point of view.

A series of poems describe what Christmas means to various members of a household--grandparents, parents, children, pets, and even the house itself.

In 1874 eleven-year-old Sam and his family move from Kentucky to the southern Dakota Territory, where harsh conditions and a plague of hungry grasshoppers threaten their chances for survival.

A thirteen-year-old soldier, coming of age during the American Civil War, beats his drum to raise tunes and spirits and muffle the sounds of the dying.

A boy who came from far away to be adopted by a couple in this country remembers how unfamiliar and frightening some of the things were in his new home, before he accepted the love to be found there.

A ten-year-old northern girl encounters the ugly realities of slavery when she visits Richmond, Virginia, and sees a slave auction.

A pioneer girl sees pieces of her life sewn into the quilts she, her sister, and her mother make.