Virginia L Kroll

A green sea turtle takes Moon on a journey to show her the importance of conserving and respecting the environment.

A mother describes the increasing accomplishments of her five-year-old, from crying and sleeping, to riding a tricycle, then preparing for school.

A little girl guides the reader through each step of a posada, a Hispanic holiday tradition celebrated on the nine nights before Christmas.

Janetta, intrigued by the paper animals her neighbor Mrs. Tsujimoto makes, learns the art of origami and becomes Mrs. Tsujimoto's hands when her arthritis makes it difficult for her to continue.

"When Brianna gets the lead in the Thanksgiving play, she already has a troublesome cough. Then, during dress rehearsal, she can't catch her breath and the school nurse calls an ambulance. At the hospital, a friendly doctor explains that she has asthma and clearly outlines the symptoms, 'triggers,' and treatments of the illness. ... The plot is neatly tied up along with some more important details about asthma. Kroll has done a good job of integrating...

When Francie's Great-Granny Annabel dies of Alzheimer's disease, Francie finds a way to help people remember the real person rather than the shell she had become as the disease ran its course.