Brock Cole
3) Larky Mavis
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Having found a tiny baby in a peanut shell, Larky Mavis calls him Heart's Delight and carries him around as he grows bigger, to the confusion and anger of the adults around her.
5) The goats
Author
Publisher
Farrar/Straus/Giroux
Pub. Date
1987.
Language
English
Description
Stripped and marooned on a small island by their fellow campers,a boy and a girl form an uneasy bond that grows into a deep friendship when they decide to run away and disappear without a trace.
8) Buttons
Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2000.
Language
English
Description
When their father eats so much that he pops the buttons off his britches, each of his three daughters tries a different plan to find replacements.
13) Fair Monaco
Author
Publisher
Front Street
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
Maggie, Katie, and Nora try to help their always-worried and fearful grandmother by entering her dreams and replacing her fears of burglars, trains, and bills with images of sails, sun, and the sea.
16) Gully's travels
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Gulliver leads a life of luxury with his master. But when his master falls in love with a woman who is allergic to dogs, Gulliver is sent to a new home. He finds himself with a family of raucous human beings and three mutts. But just as Gulliver begins to make a grudging peace with his new reality, he gets swept up in a harrowing new adventure.