Most Popular Books by Mary Stolz

Eleven-year-old Franny Davis and her best friend share school and family problems in this realistic, often humorous story set in New York''s Greenwich Village. 1966 Newbery Honor Book Notable Children''s Books of 1965 (ALA) Children''s Books of 1965 (Library of Congress) "City" Books of the Sixties (The Instructor)

Small twin mice, Bob and Ozzie, are chosen to bell the house cat.

When Thomas''s great-aunt Linzy writes that she is coming to Chicago for a visit, Grandfather and Thomas have a sinking feeling. Linzy has no use at all for baseball and fishing. Her sport is cleaning--anything and everything in sight. It''s going to be a long summer. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.

Despite his struggles to improve his behavior at school and at home, an overweight, eleven-year-old bully''s efforts to reform seem doomed to fail.

While out on a fishing trip with his son, a father is asked to say something about the moon, night, sky, wind, caves, brooks, and many other things that surround us in nature.

Storm in the night. Thunder like mountains blowing up. Lightning licking the navy-blue sky. Rain streaming down the windows, babbling in the downspouts. And Grandfather? . . . And Thomas? . . . And Ringo, the cat? They were in the dark. Too early to go to bed, and with only flashes of lightning to see by, Thomas and his grandfather happily find themselves re-discovering the half-forgotten scents and sounds of their world, and having a wonderful time learning important, new things about each other in a spirited conversation sparked by darkness. Mary Stolz and Pat Cummings have each brought their unique talents to this lyrical tale about a magical, stormy night and a special relationship.

A 13-year-old girl tells the story of several inhabitants of a small New York town.

While looking for employment, two scarecrows become separated from their cat child, finding each other again on Halloween.

After spending the day fishing in the Gulf of Mexico with Grandfather, eight-year-old Thomas has a quiet evening on the porch hearing more about his African heritage.

A story with truth and meaning for readers of all ages.

A Brother''s War Tom Rigby didn''t think that anything could ever come between him and his twin, Jack. But things begin to change when Tom learns that they are not allowed to play with their friend Aaron anymore because he''s a slave. Tom is upset, but Jack doesn''t seem to care. All Jack cares about is playing soldier. Eleven years later, when war breaks out, Jack joins the Confederation army. But Tom can''t bring himself to fight for a cause he doesn''t believe in -- slavery. So Tom rides north to join the Union army -- even though he knows he may one day have to face his brother on the battlefield.

First published in 1959, Stoltz''s classic story is now available in paperback, with Williams'' original illustrations painted in full color by renowned illustrator Wells.

When his mother is killed in a car accident, a thirteen-year-old boy tries to cope with his grief and sense of loss, and his father''s retreat into alcoholism.

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Mady Guthrie and Sue Ellen Forrest live across the hall from each other in a racially-mixed neighborhood.

Realizing his fate is to be spareribs, a pig disguises himself as a boy, runs away, finds employment, and becomes friends with a little girl.

A portrait of a family as winter changes to spring: Cassie, unwilling to solve her conflict between honesty and tact; her older sister, flirtatious and vain, self-confident and selfish; her college-age brother, looking for love; their mother, lonely for her children''s childhood; and their father, only an unwelcome visitor when he returns from business trips.

Examines the varying emotions and confrontations of three siblings as they attempt to rebuild a family after their mother has deserted them.

Taylor, Jem, and B. J. each react differently to the breakup of their parents'' marriage.

For Edward Frost, getting a dog and getting rid of the bully, Martin Hastings, seem equally unlikely.

Three nurses in their last year of hospital training ponder the future of their professional and personal lives.

In the attempt to redefine her family''s relationship after her parents'' divorce, Janine realizes there are no families without interpersonal conflicts.

In his old age Cezanne Pinto recalls his youth as a slave on a Virginia plantation and his escape to a new life in the North.

After mother''s death, father and two post-adolescent children cannot seem to understand each other.

In New York City during the Depression, fourteen-year-old Ivy tries to cope with feelings of not belonging in her elegant private school and with her father''s losing his job.

Eleven-year-old Thomas talks his grandfather into driving all the way across Florida to meet Coco Grimes, an old man who remembers Negro League baseball, but the actual encounter proves to be bittersweet.

A big orange tomcat, unsuccessfully courting a lady cat, befriends a grouchy, lonely little boy who is staying in the tom''s Paris hotel, and each finds happiness.

Examines young people''s awareness of the conflicts and divisions in a college town through the story of two town girls and the different disappointments they suffer not going to college, the senior student who boards at their house as part of his thesis research, and a co-ed who recognizes the problem of "town versus gown" but lacks the assurance to take a strong stand.

During her junior year in college a girl conquers her weight problem, improves her social life, and comes to an understanding of a roommate who is her opposite.

Chosen to design a magnificent monument for a vain and demanding Pharaoh, an Egyptian stone carver conceives of and begins work on the Sphinx which still stands in the Egyptian desert today.

Emmett endures the death of his pet pig and his family''s move from New York City to Ohio and finally comes to accept the thought of getting another pet.

A nineteen-year-old reflects on her time in private school, when a coarse, hostile, brilliant daughter of a cleaning woman attended, and of the effect the girl had on those at the school, including the nineteen-year-old''s idealistic older brother.

Two mice, relegated to patrol the cellar of their house, escape from opression and face the insecurities of freedom afield.

Edward Frost is given Argess, a dog, who helps him come to terms with the local bully, Martin Hastings decides he must change his bad reputation, and Martin finally experiences success, as a baby-sitter.