Books in Dell Young Yearling series

Being small is a big concern for Chig Kalpin. Like the insects that catch folks unawares with their bites on a summer evening, Chig is small enough and silent enough that she’s near about invisible. But she has a heartfelt desire to become a big person, both in stature and in spirit, and soon her adventures culminate with the Great Niplak Train Disaster, where she helps the folks in the hills and hollers of southern Indiana make it through the Great Depression with a little more to spread between the covers of their sandwiches. Haven’t heard of it? Well, as Chig might say, “Set a spell and turn the page.”From the Hardcover edition.

From the age of a year and a half, Helen Keller could not hear. She could not see, and she did not speak. She lived in a dark and lonely world--until Annie Sullivan came to teach her. Annie traced letters and words in Helen's hand, and made Helen realize she could " talk" to people. Eager to make up for lost time, Helen threw herself into her studies. She decided to teach others about the special training deaf and blind children need. Helen traveled all over the globe and raised money to start up schools for deaf and blind children. Her courage and her determination to help others conquer the odds against them earned her the respect and admiration of the world.

Lupe is at her happiest fearlessly riding her father’s horse, El Diablo, through the fields of their Mexican village. Living up to her daring nickname of Little Tiger, Lupe has a terrible fall while climbing a tree. Now Lupe is full of rage and self-pity after being paralyzed from the waist down. When she is brought to a center run by and for disabled people, she can’t believe that they can have happy and useful lives. How can she, the girl who loved riding El Diablo, find a new purpose to her own life?