It's 1935, Depression time, and the Wildsmith family is forced to sell their sow pig, then their cow, then their beloved hunting dog. Finally, the parents pack up the kids and, without telling them wh
Tillery Hubbs, a twelve-year-old wimp in 1960’s San Diego, discovers a neglected horse in Lost Valley. Struggling against the horse’s wealthy owner—and his own family—Til
In January 1952, Aileen Kilgore was teaching forty-three fourth graders at a public school in Northport, Alabama. Her life, filled with lesson preparations, in-service meetings, countywide meetings, a
Henderson, an author of children's books and former teacher who grew up in Alabama, offers a biography of Alabama state geologist Eugene Allen Smith. She draws on Smith's field notes, papers, publishe