Set in 1960's Cleveland, Ohio, follow 6th-grader Rufus Mayflower as he and his friends use real-life mathematical problems to help their budding business making toothpaste succeed.
In this humorous adaptation of a Japanese folktale, a young boy discovers the legendary Belly Button Beastie is real after ignoring his mother’s warnings about kicking off his blankets at night.
It’s the most wonderful time of the year—for driving a sleigh! ’Tis also the season—for driving a sleigh! Oh, and joy to the—driving a sleigh! The Pigeon has made a list and checked it once. Can his holiday dream come true? Or will The Pigeon be left out in the cold?
RIF's 60th Anniversary Highlighted Book for 1991. Chrysanthemum thinks her name is "absolutely perfect" until she is teased about it at school. A gentle and humorous look at childhood strife.