Frank Carlson Library

Describes the experiences of Smoky, the mouse-colored horse, from his birth on the range, his capture by humans, through his work in the rodeo and on the ranch, and his eventual old age.

In medieval England, a nameless, homeless girl is taken in by a sharp-tempered midwife, and in spite of obstacles and hardship, eventually gains the three things she most wants: a full belly, a contented heart, and a place in this world.

Jean Fritz was born in China and lived there until 1927, when she was twelve. Young Jean had spent her entire life in China, but her parents kept memories of living in America alive.

This is the story of a mouse who gets swept away in a rainstorm while rescuing his wife's scarf and winds up stranded on a river island for a year. Abel is no ordinary mouse when it comes to adventure.

Laura Ingalls is teaching school, and it's terrifying! Most of the students are taller than she is, and she is away from home. Laura is miserable but needs to make money to help support Mary.

Miss Hickory, a country woman with an applewood twig body and a hickory nut head, survives a New Hampshire winter in the company of Crow, Bullfrog, and Groundhog.

The long, cold winter was over. The little red hen had changed and the other chickens picked on her now, or ignored her altogether. Then one day a black dog came along and a friendship started to grow.

A biography of the author's mother concentrating on her childhood in Turkey before the Turkish government deported its Armenian population.