Most Popular Books by Charlotte Zolotow

What makes someone a best friend? John knows everything about me, and I know everything about him. So begins the heartwarming story of two young boys who together experience fun times, sad times, happy times, hard times, secret times, and all the in-between times only two best friends can share. This picture book text, originally published in 1968, is now being republished with glorious new art.

Captures some of the joys and beauties of each season.

Henry finds a white marble.

There is a special kind of quiet Which every household knows; We hear it in our sleep Upon the first night that it snows. With the signature warmth and insight that have made her one of the most heralded children''s authors, Charlotte Zolotow has crafted her first I Can Read Book a beautiful collection of forty poems portraying the highlights and emotions of a child''s year. Ages 4–8

A young girl describes the loneliness she feels after her best friend moves away.

A lonely rabbit searches for others of his kind from summer through winter until spring arrives and he finds one special bunny.

A child reminisces about her old dear friend who now has a different friend, and though she is bereft, plans to find a new friend herself.

New to the neighborhood, Thomas is shy about making friends until he wears a tiger suit on Halloween.

These two stories, Janey and My Grandson Lew are about children''s memories of a best friend and a grandfather. Although both children have lost someone close to them, they remember only happy things. The stories are also available on cassette in the Read and Listen series.

One by one the members of a family awake one cold November morning to discover that during the night there has been a beautiful snowfall.

A collection of verses selected from earlier books by Charlotte Zolotow.

A little girl announces that when she has a daughter, her daughter will be able to go without a coat or hat or boots, can go to a restaurant once a month, and ...

Records, in rhyming text and illustrations, the experiences of getting up in the morning and going to bed at night.

An infant''s mother gives him many loving nicknames until he surprises her by saying "Mama".

Throughout the year, Susan hears a little bird inside her singing of the changing seasons, but no one else can hear it.

Poems about nature, memories, and childhood experiences.

Describes the home, family, customs, school, and amusements of an Indian boy living on a houseboat on Dal Lake in Kashmir.

John announces that when he has a son, his son will never have to play the piano, or cut his hair, or play with the sons of his father''s friends.

Two little girls take a walk on a cold snowy day.

A little girl describes her dream adventures with her very own horse.

A mother soothes her youngster to sleep with the images of a flock of birds in flight across mountains, over lakes, and by wind-swept cities.

It''s not fair that everything about my friend Martha''s life is the way I wish my life were--though she tells me she prefers mine.

A little girl, answering her mother''s question about why she likes to be little, describes some of the special pleasures of being a child.

This book describes in rhyme what makes a family and the environment they live and take joy in.

An illustrated collection of poems arranged under eight subject categories including "The Sea," "People and Friendship," "Animals," and "Bedtime Thoughts."