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The Eye of the Stone

by Birdseye, Tom

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Under Our Skin

Kids Talk about Race

by Birdseye, Debbie Holsclaw & Birdseye, Tom & Crum, Robert

Six young people discuss their feelings about their own ethnic backgrounds and about their experiences with people of different races.

Tarantula Shoes

by Birdseye, Tom

After moving from Arizona to Kentucky with his parents, his five-year-old twin brother and sister, and his pet tarantula, Fang, an eleven-year-old works creati...

She'll Be Comin' round the Mountain

by Birdseye, Tom & Birdseye, Debbie Holsclaw & Glass, Andrew

Family members compose verses to the folk song "She'll Be Coming 'Round the Mountain" to describe an expected visitor.

A Regular Flood of Mishap

by Birdseye, Tom & Lloyd, Megan

Six-year-old Ima Bean sets off such a "flood of mishaps" when she tries to help her grandpa that she begins to worry whether she will ever be forgiven.

Just Call Me Stupid

by McKissack, Pat & Birdseye, Tom

Terrified of failing and believing that he is stupid, a fifth grader who has never learned to read begins to believe in himself with the help of an outgoing ne...

Soap! Soap! Don't Forget the Soap!

An Appalachian Folktale

by Birdseye, Tom & Glass, Andrew

A forgetful boy gets himself into trouble when he repeats what each person he meets on the road says to him.

Waiting for Baby

by Birdseye, Tom & Leedy, Loreen

A child eagerly awaits the arrival of a new baby in the family.

Tucker

by Birdseye, Tom

Eleven-year-old Tucker likes his life with his divorced father, until the nine-year-old sister he has not seen in years moves back in with them and claims that...

A Song of Stars

by Birdseye, Tom & Chen, Ju-Hong

Although banished to opposite sides of the Milky Way, the princess weaver and the herdsman reunite each year on the seventh day of the seventh month.