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Who is Suzanne?
A premature newborn whose mother has just died
A delightful toddler who doesn't know a stranger
A worried student who avoids wearing thick glasses to escape negative peer comments
A loving preadolescent who cares very much for her companions
A confused teenager in crisis over identity

Ever since starting school, Suzanne has felt different from all her acquaintances. She claims to be mad at God for her appearance. Her adoptive mother relates the tumult of emotions for Suzanne and her family as she seeks to decipher her racial, cultural, and familial...

These narratives are based on the author's personal experiences or as friends have related them, as well as fictional stories from the author's imagination. Each tale is unique, unrelated to other stories, intended to entertain, and some perhaps to educate. And so it is no surprise that controversy could follow.

Who is Suzanne?
A premature newborn whose mother has just died
A delightful toddler who doesn't know a stranger
A worried student who avoids wearing thick glasses to escape negative peer comments
A loving preadolescent who cares very much for her companions
A confused teenager in crisis over identity

Ever since starting school, Suzanne has felt different from all her acquaintances. She claims to be mad at God for her appearance. Her adoptive mother relates the tumult of emotions for Suzanne and her family as she seeks to decipher her racial, cultural, and familial...

When a cat gets stuck up a tree, who do you call? A fireman you say. If you are the cat, you call anyone within hearing distance. That could be a crane, a vulture, or a couple of ducks. Timothy and Daniel come to the rescue but not so fast. Cats don't get stuck in trees Do they?

Eleanor Estes's The Hundred Dresses won a Newbery Honor in 1945 and has never been out of print since. At the heart of the story is Wanda Petronski, a Polish girl in a Connecticut school who is ridiculed by her classmates for wearing the same faded blue dress every day. Wanda claims she has one hundred dresses at home, but everyone knows she doesn't and bullies her mercilessly. The class feels terrible when Wanda is pulled out of the school, but by that time it's too late for apologies. Maddie, one of Wanda's classmates, ultimately decides that she is "never going to stand by and...

Meet the marvelous Pyes--
There is Mrs. Pye, the youngest mother in town;
Mr. Pye, a famous bird man, who handles all the nation's important bird problems;
Rachel Pye, who is so reasonable she can make unreasonable ideas sound like good ones;
Jerry Pye, who knows about rocks of all sorts and plans to grow up to be a rock man;
Uncle Bennie, who is Jerry and Rachel's uncle--even though he's only three years old.
Lastly is Ginger Pye, the "intellectual dog," who Jerry bought for a hard-earned dollar. The most famous pup in all of Cranbury,...