Patricia Lee Gauch

Everyone knew Tempe Wick was a most surprising girl, but they found out just how surprising when two mutinous Revolutionary soldiers tried to steal her beloved horse.

Tanya loves ballet dancing, repeating the moves she sees her older sister using when practicing for class or a recital, and soon Tanya is big enough to go to ballet class herself.

A retelling of the German legend in which the children of medieval Dinkelsbühl confront the leader of the Swedish soldiers plundering their town.

Seven men who don't like to walk borrow an old mare to ride to the Widecombe fair.

A biography of the man who gained fame as the leader of the bold "Rogers' Rangers" in the French and Indian War but whose later life was marred by a ruined reputation, imprisonment, and poverty.

A little girl describes the house she would like to live in with her family--a house that grows and expands with her imagination.

When Tanya, the smallest and wiggliest girl in her ballet class, makes friends with a talented newcomer, they both learn something.

A boy and his grandfather share leisurely, pleasant experiences during summertime at the lake.

When Tanya and her mother arrive early to see a performance of "Coppelia, " Tanya wanders off and meets an old woman who loves dance as much as she does.

Tanya wants to dance in toe shoes the way her sister does.