Floca, Brian

Lightship by Brian Floca ( Book )
2 editions published in 2007 in English and held by 3,776 libraries worldwide
From the Publisher: You may never have heard of a lightship. Once, lightships anchored on waters across America, on the oceans and in the Great Lakes, floating where lighthouses could not be built. Smaller than most ships, but more steadfast, too, they held their spots, through calm and storm, to guide sailors toward safe waters. In these pages one lightship and her crew (and cat) again hold their place. The crew goes again from bow to stern, from keel to mast, to run their engines, shine their lights, and sound their horns. They run the small ship that guides the large ships. They are the crew (and cat) that work to make the ocean safe, that hold their place, so other ships can sail. Come aboard!

The true gift : a Christmas story by Patricia MacLachlan ( Book )
3 editions published in 2009 in English and held by 3,042 libraries worldwide
While spending Christmas at their grandparents' farm, Lily becomes convinced that her younger brother Liam is right about White Cow being lonely and helps him seek a companion for her, leaving little time for Christmas preparations or reading.

Poppy by Avi ( Book )
19 editions published between 1995 and 2007 in 3 languages and held by 2,896 libraries worldwide
Poppy the deer mouse urges her family to move next to a field of corn big enough to feed them all forever, but Mr. Ocax, a terrifying owl, has other ideas.

Bartleby of the big, bad bayou by Phyllis Shalant ( Book )
1 edition published in 2005 in English and held by 2,021 libraries worldwide
After making a dangerous voyage down the Mississippi from New York, Bartleby, who had started life as a pet turtle, and his alligator friend Seezer must learn to survive in their true bayou home.

Poppy and Rye by Avi ( Book )
10 editions published between 1998 and 2007 in English and Japanese and held by 1,853 libraries worldwide
When their home next to a brook is destroyed by beavers, a large family of golden mice is aided by Poppy the deer mouse and her grumpy porcupine friend, who in the process forges a relationship with the son he had abandoned.

Moonshot : the flight of Apollo 11 by Brian Floca ( Book )
5 editions published between 2008 and 2009 in English and held by 1,824 libraries worldwide
Here is the story of the Apollo 11 mission to the Moon -- a story of leaving and returning during the summer of 1969, and a story of home, seen whole, from far away by steady astronauts in their great machines.

Ereth's birthday by Avi ( Book )
5 editions published between 2000 and 2007 in English and held by 1,774 libraries worldwide
Feeling neglected on his birthday, Ereth, the cantankerous old porcupine, sets out looking for his favorite treat and instead finds himself acting as "mother" to three young fox kits.

Ragweed by Avi ( Book )
6 editions published between 1999 and 2007 in English and held by 1,744 libraries worldwide
Ragweed, a young country mouse, leaves his family and travels to the big city, where he finds excitement and danger and sees cats for the first time.

Ballet for Martha : making Appalachian Spring by Jan Greenberg ( Book )
1 edition published in 2010 in English and held by 1,426 libraries worldwide
Tells the story behind the creation of "Appalachian Spring," describing Aaron Copland's composition, Martha Graham's intense choreography and Isamu Noguchi's set design.

Poppy's return by Avi ( Book )
5 editions published between 2005 and 2006 in English and held by 1,391 libraries worldwide
Poppy, accompanied by her troublesome son Junior, his skunk friend, and Uncle Ereth the porcupine, responds to a summons to return to her ancestral home, Gray House, to save the mice there from destruction by a bulldozer.