Illinois Authors

Chronicle Books, San Francisco : 2002.

Three little kittens create a sensation when they join dancers onstage of a Parisian theater known for its ballet and for the artist who paints there.

Chronicle Books, San Francisco : ©1998.

Three little kittens create a sensation when they join dancers onstage of a Parisian theater known for its ballet and for the artist who paints there.

A girl describes how her skin, bones, muscles, brain, blood, heart, lungs, and stomach receive energy and function as parts of her body.

Crown Publishers, New York : ©1999.

A girl describes how her skin, bones, muscles, brain, blood, heart, lungs, and stomach receive energy and function as parts of her body.

Crown Publishers, New York : ©1999.

Using a family tree, a child explains how her brother, parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins are related to her.

Crown Publishers, New York : 2000, ©1999.

Using a family tree, a child explains how her brother, parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins are related to her.

Crown Publishers, New York : ©1998.

A child describes how the earth, sun, and planets are part of our solar system, which is just one small part of the universe.

Scholastic Inc., New York : 2005, ©2003.

Introduces the five senses using experiences from everyday life.

Crown Publishers, New York : 2003.

Introduces the five senses using experiences from everyday life.

Crown Publishers, New York : 2001.

Simple text and illustrations introduce units of measure, from wet and dry measurements to weight, size, and length.

Crown Publishers, New York : 2000.

Describes the relationship between a second, minute, hour, day, week, month, year, decade, century and millennium as measurements of time.

In this playful introduction to maps and geography, step by simple step, a young girl shows readers herself on a map of her room, her room on the map of her house, her house on the map of her street--all the way to her country on a map of the world. Once the reader is familiar with the maps, she demonstrates how readers can find their own country, state, and town--all the way back to their room--Provided by publisher.

Crown, New York : ©1996.

A child describes how her room, her house, her town, her state, and her country become part of a map of her world.

Chronicle ; San Francisco, Calif. : 2005.

Chronicle Books, San Francisco : c1995.

Hector and Henriette, the most famous frogs in France, befriend an old painter in a battered straw hat named Monet.

Barron's, Hauppage, NY : 2000.

Having met a tall lady and her captivating little dog in a park in Paris, Suzette is later delighted when the lady comes to paint her portrait and brings the dog with her.