Karen Barbour

An African American describes what life was like for him as a young boy growing up in the small rural town of Arcadia, Louisiana, when Calvin Coolidge was president, children worked in the fields, and life was much simpler.

The author introduces the concept of race as only one component in an individual's or nation's "story."

To save the tribe from the effects of a devastating drought, Princess Scargo sacrifices her most precious possessions, the miniature fish that live in the beautiful carved pumpkin she received for her seventh birthday.

Presents such poems as "Math Makes Me Feel Safe, " "Fractions, " "Pythagoras, " and "Time Passes, " by such writers as Janet S. Wong, Lee Bennett Hopkins, and Ilo Orleans.

Tony misses making pizza when his father opens a fancy new restaurant.