George Ella Lyon

A child relates some of the wondrous tales told by an old man who once found a falling star and stood at the end of a rainbow.

In a small Alabama town in 1947-1956, Sonny searches for answers about his father's disappearance, "Uncle Marty," who looks after the family, and Mamby, their black housekeeper.

An artist raises sheep, shears them, cards and spins the wool, dyes it, and then weaves a colorful picture of the Kentucky pasture where her lambs were born.

Ginny's eyes play tricks on her, making her see everything double, but when she goes to vision screening at school and discovers that not everyone sees this way, she learns that her double vision can be cured.

Mother and child ponder the past in discussing who might have traveled down an old, old road, looking backwards from pioneer settlers all the way to prehistoric animals.

Follows the changing seasons in a forest as trees and animals are nourished and are dependent on each other.

A girl provides a lighthearted account of the spring floods at her rural home.

This poem compares a book to a house, a treasure chest, a farm, and a tree full of leaves.

Even though their trailer is destroyed by a tornado, a young boy's family is grateful because they find his baby sister alive.

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