Retells the story of Jesus, from his birth, through his years of ministry, to his death and resurrection.

Gr 5-9 --In this superb novel, Paterson deftly depicts a Lowell, Massachusetts fabric mill in the 1840s and a factory girl whose life is changed by her experiences there. Readers first meet 13-year-old Lyddie Worthen staring down a bear on her family' debt-ridden farm in the Vermont mountains. With her fierce spirit, she stares down a series of metaphorical bears in her year as a servant girl at an inn and then in her months under grueling conditions...

When Lora joins Castro's literacy campaign, she travels into the impoverished countryside to teach her fellow Cuban's to read and write, while sharing the dangers posed by counterrevolutionaries in the hills.

A magical amulet brings power and despair to those who touch it.

Impoverished Vermont farm girl Lyddie Worthen is determined to gain her independence by becoming a factory worker in Lowell, Massachusetts, in the 1840s. La promesa de una nueva y mejor vida impulsa a Lyddie a viajar a la ciudad de Lowell, en Massachusetts.

After the death of her self-absorbed parents, a clever princess shows the peasants in her country how to make better lives for themselves.

Contains 9 stories first told in Takoma Park Presbyterian Church.

A collection of essays relating to the author's experience as a writer of novels for children, and her ideas on children's literature in general.