Patricia Polacco

A homemade quilt ties together the lives of four generations of an immigrant Jewish family, remaining a symbol of their enduring love and faith.

An injured goose rescued by Babushka, havingbroken the painted eggs intended for the Easter Festival in Moscva, lays thirteen marvelously colored eggs to replace them, then leaves behind one final miracle in egg form.

At the public library in her new town, Patricia meets Mrs. Creavy, an encouraging librarian who introduces Patricia to the books of John James Audubon and helps her become the first member of the Audubon bird club of Freemont Elementary.

Grandma finds a way to dispel her grandchild's fear of thunderstorms.

When Patricia starts at a new school she quickly becomes fast friends with fellow outcasts Thom and Ravanne and together they find a way to silence the school bully and his toadies.

Presents a collection of traditional rhymes, rewritten to feature Russian characters and scenes.

Grandparents, aunts and uncles, and children gather at a farm house to celebrate Christmas in the Russian tradition.