Clyde Robert Bulla

A novice wood carver is momentarily defeated when people laugh at the result of a winter of work.

Nine-year-old Gregory's house does not have room for a garden, but he creates a surprising and very different garden in an unusual place.

Relates the history and describes the customs of this holiday from its beginning in Roman times to the present. Includes directions for making a paper valentine and sugar cookies.

A family that moves to California to look for gold fails to find it, but instead discovers a beautiful valley in which to build a farm.

Nine-year-old Gregory paints pictures representing the life of the Mexican-American old man known as Uncle Pancho and attempts to save him from losing his house.

When young Pablo is given some poppy seeds, he dreams of spreading color and beauty throughout his dusty Mexican village. Daring to enter Old Antonio's walled yard to plant the seeds, he is chased away with angry words and a stick. The stingy old man thinks Pablo has come to steal his precious spring water. Poor Pablo becomes sick from staying too long in the hot sun and cannot leave his bed. Meanwhile, the seeds he dropped by the spring have grown...