Books with author Peggy King Anderson

Two Moon Journey tells the story of a young Potawatomi girl named Simu-quah and her family and friends who are forced from their village in Indiana, where they have lived for generations, to beyond the Mississippi River in Kansas. Historically the journey is known as the Potawatomi Trail of Death. Like the real Potawatomi, Simu-quah sees the soldiers set fire to part of her village as she takes her first steps to the distant and frightening westward land. She experiences the heat and exhaustion of endless days of walking; helps nurse sick children and the elderly. She sleeps beside strange streams and caves and turns from hating the soldiers to seeing them as people. In Kansas, as she plants corn seeds she has saved from her Indiana home, she turns away from the bitterness of removal and finds forgiveness, the first step in the journey of her new life in Kansas.

Two Moon Journey tells the story of a young Potawatomi girl named Simu-quah and her family and friends who are forced from their village in Indiana where they have lived for generations, to beyond the Mississippi River in Kansas. Historically the journey was known as the Potawatomi Trail of Death. Like the real Potawatomi, Simu-quah sees the soldiers set fire to part of her village as she takes her first steps to a distant and frightening westward land. She experiences the heat and exhaustion of endless days of walking; helps nurse sick children and the elderly in a covered wagon. During the journey she turns away from hating the soldiers to seeing them as people. In Kansas, as she plants corn seed she has saved from her Indiana home, she turns away from the bitterness of removal and finds forgiveness, the first step in the journey of her new life in Kansas.

It’s the Frog family reunion, and all of Joe’s relatives have gathered together. Everybody’s having fun—everyone except for Joe. With so many Frogs around, you’d think that surely somebody would play with Joe, but everyone says he’s too big, too small, too fast, or too slow. No matter where poor Joe turns, all he hears is “no” . . . until a very special guest arrives—someone with an appreciation for Joe and his boundless energy, someone who even has her own set of wheels.Bright, appealing illustrations feature Joe’s mishaps with all kinds of things that go: tricycles, skateboards, roller skates, and more.

Chuck and his barnyard friends are having a jam session and beginning readers are invited for a toe-tapping, knee-slapping good time. But what is the matter with Fat Cat Pat? Does she want her own musical instrument too, or is something else making that cat blue? Readers will have fun finding out in this perfectly pitched story! Full of rhyme, repetition, and musical instruments galore.

Mother cleaned high. Mother cleaned low. Mother cleaned the room for Joe.Joe is delighted with his newly cleaned room. Now he can find all of the toys he wants to play with. But with so much space and so many great toys, which ones will he choose? His train? Or his planes? His racing cars? Or his rocket? As he pulls each from the closet and the toy box, his room grows messier and messier. So when Mother returns to his room, she discovers all of her hard work undone. Readers will delight in Joe’s pure joy in rediscovering all of his favorite playthings, the brightly colored chaos that he leaves in his wake, and his earnest attempts to make it right and please his mother.

Watch out! Rambunctious Joe is helping Mom run errands around town and Dad do chores around the house. But sometimes that leads to more mishaps and mischief than anyone in this loving frog family expects.. . and sometimes it can lead to a very bright idea. Simple words and dialogue create a perfect reading experience for Level 1 Green Light Readers.

A stubborn young frog named Joe does not want to take a bath. He delays his father as long as possible by asking him to fetch his favorite toys, until Father is so loaded down he trips and lands in the mud. Now Joe is not the only one who needs a bath.“Suitable goofiness keeps this story of maneuverings sprightly and humorous, as do the ebullient cartoony drawings, which aptly demonstrate the good-natured parry and thrusts that mark the lighter moments of parent-child discourse.” —Kirkus Reviews“The time-honored bath-procrastination ploy is portrayed, for a change, with a lovely absence of tension. Good-natured slapstick sets the tone, and Anderson’s bright rhymes follow suit, reinforced by fresh watercolor and pen-and-ink illustrations dancing on bright white pages.”—School Library Journal

Young Joe the Frog does all he can to avoid bed time in this amusing Spanish edition of a popular Level 1 Green Light Reader that rings true for beginning readers . . .and their bleary-eyed babysitters and parents. El joven Joe el Sapo hace todo lo posible para evitar la hora de ir a la cama en esta divertida edición en español de una edición popular de Colección Luz Verde nivel 1 que le resuena a los lectores principiantes . . . y a sus soñolientos niñeros y padres.

When farmer Chuck gets ready to go to town, his barnyard pals gather round. Everyone want to ride along. But the duck Luck, Nip and Tuck, the burro Buck and work horse Huck, and six more critters may prove to be too much cargo for Chuck's Truck. Beginning readers will enjoy the bumps in the road in this colorful, newly-formatted Green Light Readers edition full of rhyme and wordplay.

Action story of Illegal Scout troopduring the Hungarian Uprising against the Soviets in 1956. Stephen high school piano prodigy and his friends with Scout leader University professor George, Stephen's sister Maria's husband, shows both university and high school involvement, as well as the population's, in this short-lived victory over the Soviets, four days of freedom and bloody battle scenes before and after. Winners even in defeat - the heroes of the fight against Communism. During death dealt right and left the promise of a new life appears when Maria gives birth during the fighting.