Books with author Catherine Deeter

Johnny lives in a town where everyone owns a shiny green stone. He has one, too, until his mean-spirited behavior makes him lose it. His family and the whole town help him search, but to find it, he alone must discover the “bright green sun in his heart.” “A symbolic and sensitive tale about a young boy who discovers that happiness and fulfillment can come from within.”--American Bookseller

This collection of inspiring quotes, real-life stories, songs, poems, and more is targeted for girls ages ten and up. Included in this book are entries from real girls and women from across the country, plus contributions from such famous women as Mia Hamm, Sarah Michelle Geller, Oprah Winfrey, and others. Also includes a write-in section where readers can record fun facts about their friends. Illustrations. Consumable.

In the modern age, magic is being born again, in the hands of young sorcerers. Evil also rises, now hell-bent on the destruction of all of humanity. Fourteen teens struggle with the perils of their own lives, further complicated by their developing powers. Worlds collide in showers of sparks and battles with mythical beasts. They are eventually brought together to the mystical sanctuary where their skills and determination are tested to the breaking point. In the race against time to restore magic to the world, they learn that maybe not everyone can be saved…

When Langston Hughes was a boy, His grandmother told him true stories of how African people were captured in Africa and brought to America enslaved. She told him about their fight for freedom and justice.Langston loved his grandmother's stories. To learn more stories and bear more beautiful language, he began to read books. He fell in love with books and decided that one day he would write stories too, true stories about Black people.When he was only fourteen, Langston wrote his first poem, and for the rest of his life he was always writing -- stories and essays and, most of all, poems. He wrote about Black people as he saw them: happy, sad, mad, and beautiful. Through his writing he fought for freedom from inequality and injustice; and his gift of words inspired and influenced many other writers.Pulitzer Prize-winning author Alice Walker was one writer Langston influenced. In this moving and richly detailed portrait she celebrates the life of an extraordinary man. Accompanied by stunning paintings by artist Catherine Deeter, Langston Hughes: American Poet will introduce a whole new generation to the life and works of a great African American Poet of the twentieth century, and one of the most important poets of all time.