Most Popular Books by Florence Parry Heide

A collection of poems about surviving daily life presented from a child''s point of view.

Collects the stories of Treehorn, a boy to whom very strange things keep happening which adults, from his parents to the meter reader, do not seem to think are noteworthy.

Ernest always does what his mother asks...and never has any fun. When a new boy moves in next door, Ernest''s mother encourages her son to make friends. But the new neighbors seem a little bit...strange--monstrous, even. Obeying Ernest''s new friend Vlapid''s mother means Ernest must do things he''d never dare try at home. And it''s fantastic! Veteran children''s book author Florence Parry Heide and her daughter Roxanne Heide team up with Kyle M. Stone to create a gleefully subversive take on the traditional new neighbor story. Lots of energy and mayhem, and a cool gothic approach to the illustrations make this a great choice for Halloween and all year round.

Apparsi per la prima volta nel 1985 e ora arricchiti dalle illustrazioni di Sergio Ruzzier, questi otto perfidamente deliziosi raccontini ci mostrano con pungente sagacia che essere un bambino perfetto è una bella cosa, ma ci si perde tutto il divertimento. Ruby è affidabile (per così dire). Arthur è attento (più o meno). Harry mangia le carote (sempre che ci si metta d''accordo su cosa si intende per mangiare). Gloria aiuta la mamma (esagerando un pochino), come tutti i bambini perfetti (davvero?)

È il giorno del suo compleanno, e Tricorno decide di fare spazio nell’armadio e nei cassetti per tutti i regali che spera di ricevere dai genitori, ma quando arriva in cucina per la colazione tutto tace. Allora decide di uscire in giardino ed eccola lì, mezza sepolta: una brocca, con tanto di genio incorporato, come la lampada di Aladino. Anche Tricorno ha tre desideri a disposizione: l’importante sarà esprimere quelli giusti senza sprecarne neanche uno, tra le lezioni di vita del papà e i consigli di moda della mamma.

Considerata ormai un classico della letteratura per ragazzi, questa raccolta di favole, impreziosite ora dalle illustrazioni di Sergio Ruzzier, hanno morali che forse non si possono propriamente definire morali. Ma non ha importanza: casomai basta non prestarci troppa attenzione.

Tricorno è un bambino obbediente e quando il papà gli dice di mettere al sicuro il dollaro che gli ha appena affidato lui lo fa: lo nasconde nell’albero che c’è in giardino. Immaginate la sua sorpresa quando poco dopo scopre che le foglie si stando trasformando in banconote. Per una volta i soldi crescono davvero sugli alberi, anzi, sul suo albero. Tricorno può finalmente comprare le cose che gli piacciono di più: fumetti, figurine dei giocatori di baseball e gomme da masticare. È proprio un prodigio, e Tricorno vorrebbe condividerlo con tutti, se solo gli adulti sapessero ascoltare...

Caught between her mother''s fashionable world and her own deep-felt values, Sara must make a painful choice.

With the help of her aunt, Florence is finally able to face a problem she has repressed for years and adjust to the changes in her life.

On his birthday Treehorn finds a genie in a bottle and is granted the standard number of wishes.

To a little boy the fire-escape landing is his castle and the center of all his daily activities.

Explains the concept of God''s control over all aspects of our lives.

A newcomer to town arouses the suspicion of the Spotlight Club members with his behavior, his habit of whispering, and his strange mistakes.

There are many things we cannot see but know are there: the sun at night, the flower in the seed, birds inside their eggs--and so it is with God''s presence.

Halted on their bus trip by a winter blizzard, Cindy and Jay learn of a crime being plotted and embark on a treacherous mission to warn the intended victim.

Liza and Logan investigate a spiritualist they believe is trying to cheat their neighbor out of her inheritance.

While house sitting for a neighbor, the members of the Spotlight Club try to discover what in the house is attracting nighttime prowlers.

A collection of twenty-one humorous poems, about monsters and their ilk.

A series of petty thefts in the neighborhood leads the Spotlight Club into a new mystery.

Records the experiences and sensations of a blind black boy as he maneuvers in his small world.

Beasley, a rather portly hippopotamus, is afraid that he is too huge to be good at anything, until he enters a contest he simply cannot lose.

When high school senior Wendy alienates all her friends, her sister finds the reason for Wendy''s puzzling behavior in her secret love poems.

Reveals the inner world of a 13-year-old mentally handicapped girl.

Four easy-to-read stories about animals and their friends told in rhyme.

Timothy Twinge, a fearful worrier, discovers his own bravery after meeting an unusual visitor.

Eddie tries to distract Alice from watching TV but even a monster can''t get her away from the television set.

The three Spotlight Club members track down a pickpocket loose in the zoo.

Treehorn est un garçon sans histoires, jusqu''au jour où il commence à rapetisser.

The Spotlight Club detectives go on vacation and discover, on a forgotten island, someone who needs their help and an apparent friend who suddenly shows his true colors as an enemy.

A story based on the concept of God''s commandment to love one another.

Treehorn est un garçon assez placide.