Florence Parry Heide

Princess Hyacinth can't go outside because, unless she wears specially-made clothes, she will float away, but things improve when she meets kite-flying Boy.

All the elephant's friends give him advice, but none can solve his problem until the opossum announces friends are to help, not just to give advice.

A young Egyptian boy describes the city of Cairo as he goes about his daily work and waits for the evening to share a special surprise with his family.

It's snowman season in the neighborhood, but the Spotlighters discover that someone's not just playing! They find a curious iron figurine hidden inside one of the snowmen. Who was hiding it-and why? When a stranger comes looking for it, it's clear the Spotlight Club has another mystery to solve!

The Spotlight Clubbers create stone rubbings of Civil War—era tombstones for a summer school class on the Civil War. Cindy has chosen the tombstone of Serafina Winslow, who died in 1862. Then, at the neighborhood yard sale, Cindy locates a box of interesting-looking old photos and frames and miscellaneous papers. When she takes it home with her, she discovers Serafina Winslow's journal inside! Things get even more mysterious when Cindy finds a sketch...