When We Go Walking

A Child's Christmas in Wales

Hey Grandude!

Harry Sue

Way Up and Over Everything

Through the Eyes of a Child

Lazy Little Loafers

This Is Me: A Story of Who We Are and Where We Came From

Named after the attack that launched her country into war, Pearl Harbor Keenan has become accustomed to occasional encounters with the mysterious woman her town calls Walking Mary. No one in Framburg, Illinois, seems to know why Walking Mary meets every train that runs through their sleepy town, morning, noon, and night, as she has for forty years. Only Pearl thinks to question why, to reach out -- and to discover that what she might receive from this unlikely friendship far surpasses anything she ever could think to give. And only Pearl's younger brother can see, all too clearly, that Pearl's friendship with Walking Mary threatens not only the fragile peace within their family, but also those around them -- their friends, and even the town itself. James VanOosting's quietly powerful story examines the coming of age of one sister and brother within the larger structures of family and community.

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When We Go Walking

Cari Best, Kyrsten Brooker, 2013

A Child's Christmas in Wales

Dylan Thomas, 1952

Hey Grandude!

Kathryn Durst, Paul Mccartney, 2019

Harry Sue

Sue Stauffacher, 2005

Way Up and Over Everything

Alice Mcgill, Jude Daly, 2007

Through the Eyes of a Child

Willa Johnson, Willa D, 2022

Lazy Little Loafers

Susan Orlean, G. Brian Karas, 2008

This Is Me: A Story of Who We Are and Where We Came From

Laura Cornell, Jamie Lee Curtis, 2016