Frank Carlson Library

A young Negro boy learns the pain of humiliation and anger when his father is given an unjust jail sentence for stealing a ham from a white man. Learning to read and to discover that things do not die but become part of other things brings the youngster new hope.

Emma learns to accept "different strokes for different folks" when her aunt and uncle come to take care of her and her brother.

Fifteen-year-old Laura learns that living away from home and teaching school can be a bit frightening when most of the students are taller than she is, but every week Almanzo Wilder arrives to take her to her family for the weekend.

Harold goes for an adventurous walk on a tightrope and through a circus with his purple crayon.

Harold goes for an adventurous walk in the moonlight with his purple crayon.

Robert and Sam suspect their weird new neighbor is really Frankenstein.