Sophie Blackall

"Explores the life of one lighthouse as it beams its message out to sea through shifting seasons, changeable weather, and the tenure of its final keeper."--

"A farmhouse where twelve children grow up holds evidence of their stories long after they are gone"--

"A child imagines what life would be like as a horse"--

Middle-schooler Madeline's hippy parents have been kidnapped from Hornby Island, Canada, by foxes and Madeline, upon discovering that she can understand animal languages, hires two rabbit detectives to find them.

When a mysterious child appears at the monastery of the Order of the Chronicles of Sorrowing, Brother Edik nurses her back to health. When he uncovers her dangerous secret, she is sent away into the world with a goat and a boy

Second-grade best friends Ivy and Bean beg for ballet lessons, then, when they are cast as squids in their first recital, scheme to find a way out of what seems to be boring, hard, and potentially embarrassing.

Having to take her younger sister along the first time she is invited to a birthday party spoils Rubina's fun, and later when that sister is asked to a party and baby sister wants to come, Rubina must decide whether to help.

After watching a movie about a detective on the television, Bean decides to set up shop as a private investigator--and she and Ivy start looking for mysteries to solve.

When Bean's parents leave her in the care of her older sister Nancy for the afternoon, she enlists her neighbor and best friend Ivy to come over and teach Nancy how to be a really good babysitter.

Ivy and Bean need some money. Ten dollars, to be exact. Never mind what for. Okay, for cheese.Two bags of lowfat Belldeloon cheese in a special just-for-you serving size. How can they make ten dollars?! Should they babysit? Diapers! Yuck! Should they wash cars? Probably not. Should they write a newspaper and sell it? Yes! All Ivy and Bean have to do is snoop for some neighborhood news. It's very interesting what they find out. Especially when their...