Picture Books
ALL THOSE SECRETS OF THE WORLD--USA homefront, World War II
ENCOUNTER--Columbus lands in America
O JERUSALEM--3000 years of Jerusalem's history in poetry
THE BALLAD OF THE PIRATE QUEENS--19th century female pirates
ELSIE'S BIRD to come--Westward movement in America
HARVEST HOME 19th century American farms
LETTING SWIFT RIVER GO--1930-1940 creating a reservoir
MY BROTHERS' FLYING MACHINE Wright Brothers' sister
RAISING YODER'S BARN-- nineteenth and twentieth century Amish
TEA WITH AN OLD DRAGON--nineteenth century New England

Mid Grade novels
AND TWELVE CHINESE ACROBATS--1900s shtetl, Poland

Young Adult Novels
THE GIFT OF SARAH BARKER--Shakers in the 1850s
QUEEN'S OWN FOOL--Mary Queen of Scots to come
BRIAR ROSE--Holocaust
THE DEVIL'S ARITHMETIC--Holocaust
CHILDREN OF THE WOLF--India in the 1920s
GIRL IN A CAGE thirteeth century Scotland, Robert the Bruce PRINCE ACROSS THE WATER nineteenth century Scotland SWORD OF THE RIGHTFUL KING sixth century England

Non fiction
MARY CELESTE--an unsolved mystery from the 19th century
FRIEND: THE STORY OF GEORGE FOX & THE QUAKERS--18th century, England
THE LOST COLONY Roanoke
SALEM WITCHES Salem witch trials
THE WOLF GIRLS --India 1920s
HOUSE, HOUSE--late 19th century America

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Holidays

BEST WITCHES--Halloween
CHILD OF FAERIE --Halloween
THE FAIRIES' RING--Halloween
THE WITCH WHO WASN'T --Halloween
HAUNTED HOUSE --Halloween
THINGS THAT GO BUMP IN THE NIGHT --Halloween
HERE THERE BE WITCHES--Halloween
VAMPIRES--Halloween
MEET THE MONSTERS--Halloween
BENEATH THE GHOST MOON--Halloween
WEREWOLVES--Halloween
DEAR MOTHER, DEAR DAUGHTER--Mother's Day
MIRROR, MIRROR--Mothers Day
THREE BEARS HOLIDAY RHYME BOOK--many holidays
MILK & HONEY--Jewish holidays
SING NOEL--Christmas
HARK--Christmas
GOOD GRISELLE--Christmas
HERE THERE BE ANGELS--Christmas
ISABEL'S NOEL--Christmas
ENCOUNTER--Columbus Day
HARVEST HOME--Thanksgiving
MOUSE'S BIRTHDAY --birthday
PRINCE OF EGYPT --Passover

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King Arthur et al

MERLIN'S BOOKE
MERLIN & THE DRAGONS
YOUNG MERLIN TRILOGY: PASSAGER , HOBBY, MERLIN SWORD OF THE RIGHTFUL KING
DRAGON'S BOY

Lullabies and Good Night Books

BABY BEAR'S BEDTIME BOOK
DRAGON NIGHT
HOW DOES A DINOSAUR SAY GOODNIGHT?
THE LULLABY SONG BOOK
MOONBALL
NOCTURNE
SLEEP RHYMES AROUND THE WORLD
TOO OLD FOR NAPS
WHAT RHYMES WITH MOON

The Moon

MOONBALL
OWL MOON
WHAT RHYMES WITH MOON

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Multicultural Books:

Picture Books
O JERUSALEM--Israel/Arab & Jewish
SACRED PLACES--all over the world
SLEEP RHYMES AROUND THE WORLD--all over the world
STREET RHYMES AROUND THE WORLD--all over the world NAMING LIBERTY Ukraine and America
THE FLYING WITCH Russia
THE EMPEROR & THE KITE--China
ENCOUNTER--Native Americans
FIREBIRD -Russia
GOOD GRISELLE--France
GREYLING--Scotland
MERLIN & THE DRAGONS--England/Wales
MUSICIANS OF BREMEN--Germany
PEGASUS, THE FLYING HORSE --Greece
PRINCE OF EGYPT--Egypt/Jewish
TAM LIN--Scotland
WINGS--Greece

Middle Grade Books
AND TWELVE CHINESE ACROBATS--Eastern Europe/Russia
BROTHERS OF THE WIND--Arabic
THE SEAMAN--Holland
THE WIZARD'S MAP--Scotland
THE PICTISH CHILD--Scotland
ODYSSEUS AND THE SERPENT MAZE --Greece
HIPPOLYTA AND THE LOST AMAZON CITY --Greece ATALANTA AND THE ARCADIAN BEAST--ancient Greece JASON AND THE GORGON'S BLOOD--ancient Greece
Young Merlin Trilogy (PASSAGER, HOBBY, MERLIN)--England

Young Adult Books

THE GIFT OF SARAH BARKER--Shakers in the 1850s
QUEEN'S OWN FOOL--Mary Queen of Scots to come
BRIAR ROSE--Holocaust
THE DEVIL'S ARITHMETIC--Holocaust
CHILDREN OF THE WOLF--India in the 1920s
GIRL IN A CAGE thirteeth century Scotland, Robert the Bruce PRINCE ACROSS THE WATER---eighteenth century Scotland THE ROGUES--nineteenth century, the Scottish Clearances SWORD OF THE RIGHTFUL KING sixth century England

Non fiction and Story Collections Books
FAVORITE FOLKTALES FROM AROUND THE WORLD--many nations
GRAY HEROES--many nations
MIRROR, MIRROR--many nations
THE FAIRIES' RING--many nations
NOT ONE DAMSEL IN DISTRESS--folk tales of many nations MIGHTIER THAN THE SWORD--folk tales of many nations FAIRY TALE FEASTS--folk tales & recipes of many nations BAREFOOT BOOK OF BALLET STORIES of many nations BAREFOOT BOOK OF DANCE STORIES to come
SHERWOOD--England
CAMELOT--England