Joanne Oppenheim

"A very stubborn Prince learns how to expand his diet and try new foods"--

Surrounded by the many sounds of spring, a hibernating bear is late in waking up, until he hears one very special sound.

After Japanese planes bombed Pearl Harbor, over 100,000 Japanese Americans were ordered to leave their homes. The government was afraid that because they looked like "the enemy," they might be spies. One American, librarian Clara Breed, was heartbroken and outraged. As the San Diego Public Library's Children's Librarian, Miss Breed was close to many of the children who were evacuated. She went to the train station the day they left, handing out postcards...

On a dark and windy night, the animals in the barn are frightened by strange noises above them and think there might be a ghost in the barn with them.

In this story based on "The Little Red Hen," a little black crow asks his animal friends to help with the planting of some corn seed.

A poetic commentary on the visual and auditory sensations awaiting an observer of trees. Also includes a five page sketchbook of common trees.

While trying to reel in a big fish, a child is pulled into the sea and has a series of underwater adventures with various marine animals.

Black Hawk, waged war to try to prevent settlers from taking Indian lands. He was a patriot who fought hard to protect the right of his people to live on the land of their birth.

A biography of the Seminole chief who led the resistance of his people against compulsory immigration from their Florida homeland to territory beyond the Mississippi.

Describes a variety of bugs in rhyming verse.