Sandra V. Feder

"“I like feeling peaceful,” the young narrator tells us, then describes the times when he is filled with this emotion. When he is playing with a friend, he feels 'free peaceful'; when he is having family dinner, 'yummy peaceful'; when he is outside gazing up at the sky, 'fluffy clouds peaceful'. But, of course, he doesn’t always feel peaceful, and we hear about his strategies for coping during those times, such as taking deep breaths, imagining...

Daisy has always loved making lists of her favorite words. When her neighbor invites her to a poetry party, Daisy learns many new wondrous things she can do with the words she's collected. But can she create something truly special for the Student Showcase night? Daisy's Big Night is the third book in the Daisy series. With its fresh, fun characters and engaging, believable stories, the Daisy series introduces children to the satisfaction of independent...

For Hannah, moving to a new city feels bitter, but can she find the sweetness, too? When Hannah's family has to move, her grandmother tells her how she felt leaving the old country, it was both bitter and sweet. As Hannah leaves her friends behind and tries to get used to a new house, she only feels bitterness. Was her grandmother wrong about the sweetness? Hannah starts to feel better about the move when she sees her new house in the soft light of...