Judith Heide Gilliland

When her parents are lost at sea, eleven-year-old Anna, forced to live with her horrid Aunt Formaldy, is locked in a tiny sewing room where her only salvation is a herd of miniature winged horses that takes her on a magical adventure that forever changes her life.

Strange Birds

Florence Parry Heide

A ten-year-old Lebanese boy goes to school, helps his mother with chores, plays with his friends, and lives with his family in a basement shelter when bombings occur and fighting begins on his street.

Sami And the Time of the Troubles

Roxanne Heide Pierce

A collection of poems about the many aspects of time, including "The Time Machine, " "Wasting Time, " and "Time Zones."

It is about Time!

Ahmed drives his donkey cart through the streets of Cairo, delivering butane gas cylinders to his father's customers. He knows everyone and has a part to play in the life of the city. He is proud to be strong enough to help his family, but most of all he is proud of his precious secret, a secret that he keeps until the end of the day. The book reveals a lot about Ahmed's life, and finally his secret - that he can write his name.

The Day of Ahmed's Secret

Ishaq, the son of the chief translator to the Caliph of ancient Baghdad, travels the world in search of precious books and manuscripts and brings them back to the great library known as the House of Wisdom. 15,000 first printing.

Judith Heide Gilliland

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