A memoir-like story told from the perspective of a wooden doll, Hitty, as she travels for a hundred years. Moving from owner to owner and through changing eras, it warmly depicts shifts in culture and human life.

A single doll travels through the world as she changes hands.

A coming-of-age story about a Finnish immigrant boy. Layering cultural background, revolutionary-era social conditions, and folklore-like elements, it portrays the boy's maturation and the bonds of community.

Finnish myth and revolutionary history overlap in a boy's coming-of-age story.

A children's biography of Madame Roland during the French Revolution. It gently conveys political conviction and personal conflict while bringing the tension of history to younger readers.

In the midst of revolution, one woman's conviction and life come into view.

A story of frontier life and family cooperation. This children's novel warmly depicts young people overcoming hardship and growing into independence.

On the frontier, not only courage but family unity is tested.

A story of Pran's choices and growth within the customs and family codes of the Albanian mountains. Cross-cultural understanding and female independence emerge against a folkloric backdrop.

Within the customs of a mountain society, a girl tries to choose her own future.

A historical children's book set against steam locomotives and industrial development, showing from a child's viewpoint how pioneer spirit and technological progress affect individuals and communities.

A pioneer of the railroad is brought vividly to life through a child's eyes.

A collection of tales and folklore. In a fantasy-tinged, poetic voice, it retells Irish stories and widens young readers' imaginations.

Heroic legend comes alive in a poetic voice.