Lyon, George Ella 1949-

My friend, the starfinder by George Ella Lyon( Book )
7 editions published in 2008 in English and held by 2,413 libraries worldwide
A child relates some of the wondrous tales told by an old man who once found a falling star and stood at the end of a rainbow.

Come a tide by George Ella Lyon( Book )
6 editions published between 1990 and 1998 in English and held by 1,892 libraries worldwide
A girl provides a lighthearted account of the spring floods at her rural home.

Borrowed children by George Ella Lyon( Book )
5 editions published between 1988 and 1999 in English and held by 1,453 libraries worldwide
Having been forced to act as mother and housekeeper during Mama's illness, twelve-year-old Amanda has a holiday in Memphis, far removed from the Depression drudgery of her Kentucky mountain family, and finds her world expanding even as she grows to understand and appreciate her own background.

The pirate of kindergarten by George Ella Lyon( Book )
2 editions published between 2010 and 2011 in English and held by 1,206 libraries worldwide
Ginny's eyes play tricks on her, making her see everything double, but when she goes to vision screening at school and discovers that not everyone sees this way, she learns that her double vision can be cured.

Sonny's house of spies by George Ella Lyon( Book )
5 editions published between 2004 and 2005 in English and held by 1,152 libraries worldwide
In a small Alabama town in 1947-1956, Sonny searches for answers about his father's disappearance, "Uncle Marty," who looks after the family, and Mamby, their black housekeeper.

Dreamplace by George Ella Lyon( Book )
2 editions published between 1993 and 1998 in English and held by 1,141 libraries worldwide
Present-day visitors describe what they see when they visit the pueblos where the Anasazi lived long ago.

Cecil's story by George Ella Lyon( Book )
2 editions published between 1991 and 1995 in English and held by 1,131 libraries worldwide
A boy thinks about the possible scenarios that exist for him at home if his father goes off to fight in the Civil War.

Mother to tigers by George Ella Lyon( Book )
5 editions published between 2002 and 2003 in English and held by 1,068 libraries worldwide
Tells the story of how Helen Frances Theresa Delaney Martini cared for baby zoo animals, started the first zoo nursery and became the first woman zookeeper at the Bronx Zoo. You are a Bengal tiger cub, one of three -- Dacca, Rajpur, Raniganj -- abandoned by your mother.You are so cold and thin that someone with kind hands puts you on a heating pad and sits by you for hours, moistening your mouth with milk. When you give a weak cry and look up, there is a human face almost crying too. Your new mother is Helen Delaney Martini, who has already raised a lion cub in her New York apartment. Tigers in the bathtub will be no problem for her and her husband, Fred. This remarkable book -- strikingly striped as tigers are, sympathetically spoken as any child could wish -- tells the story of Helen Martini, founder of the Bronx Zoo's animal nursery in 1944 and its first woman zookeeper.

Trucks roll by George Ella Lyon( Book )
4 editions published in 2007 in English and held by 1,014 libraries worldwide
Illustrations and simple, rhyming text reveal many different--and sometimes silly--items that trucks can haul.

Counting on the woods : a poem by George Ella Lyon( Book )
5 editions published between 1998 and 2008 in English and held by 981 libraries worldwide
Uses rhyme to enumerate and describe natural objects seen while walking through the woods.