Books with author Tracy Arah Dockray

Young Nikola Tesla got a shock when he rubbed his cat's fur. That small spark lit his imagination forever. Covering his early years to his eventual success in the world of electricity, Bright Dreams showcases Tesla's incredible journey of discovery and perseverance. Author-illustrator Tracy Dockray conveys Tesla's busy and imaginative world with collage-style artwork and informative sidebars.

Dora Cottontail knows what it's like to feel left out-just read her diary. When her best friend Ally forsakes her for icky, doll-loving Babbette, miserable Dora is stuck playing pretend all by herself. But just when she thinks she'll have to play alone forever, quiet Rose-whom she had never really noticed boefre-reveals a fantastic imagination. Even Ally can't stay away long when she sees what the new friends are up to! The handwritten pages of a bunny's diary, complete with stickers, doodles, snapshots-and a bonus lift-up note glued inside!-lend authenticity to this book that will have young readers itching for a diary of their own. Features a cloth-covered latch with a magnetic closure.

They bothered cavemen, they’ve been found on mummies, Cleopatra even had her own solid gold nit comb for them. Heck, lice have been around and are as common as the common cold, but this doesn’t matter to Lucy, only a headband and teasing matter…that and what goes around comes around. “The Scare In My Hair” is a children's picture book openly dealing with what it is really like to have head lice and hilariously supplemented with information about how to get through it too.

Maybe it's a mouse. Maybe it's a wombat. It may even be a walrus trying to escape from the refrigerator! As a mother and child wonder what each click, knock, and rattle in their house could possibly be, each guess gets wilder and wilder in this fantastic flight of imagination by novelist Tama Janowitz. Witty pictures and a clever text, chock-full of sounds, make this a perfect read-aloud. Young readers will be begging to Hear That? over and over again!