Pat Brisson

Star Blanket

A story about a father's bedtime story....

The Best and Hardest Thing

Fifteen-year-old Molly Biden has always been studious, dependable, some might even say saintly. And she?s sick of herself. So when she spots mysteriou...

Common Critters: The Wildlife in Your Neighborhood

Common Critters celebrates neighborhood wildlife in verse. A familiar cast of characters—worms, slugs, caterpillars, ladybugs, robins, mourning dove...

Melissa Parkington's Beautiful, Beautiful Hair

Here is the story of a Melissa Parkington, who longs to do something good -- and whose long and beautiful hair leads to the ultimate act of kindness a...

Benny's Pennies

Benny sets off in the morning with five shiny new pennies to spend and eventually buys something for his mother, brother, sister, dog, and cat....

I Remember Miss Perry

When his teacher, Miss Perry, is killed in a car accident, Stevie and his elementary school classmates take turns sharing memories of her, especially ...

Bertie's Picture Day

Bertie tries to get spiffy for his class picture, but several disastrous events result in him looking "interesting" instead....

Terror on Turkey Ridge Run

Fernando and his friend Carlos help out when their school bus is involved in an accident....

Your Best Friend, Kate

Kate's letters to her best friend back home chart her family's trip through the South and back up through Kentucky, Ohio, and Pennsylvania, and reveal...

Presence

: a Journal of Catholic Poetry

New poems, translations, interviews, and book reviews in a yearly literary journal for Catholic Poetry....

Kate on the Coast

Kate's letters to her best friend back home chronicle her family's move to the Pacific Northwest and their travels in Washington, Alaska, Canada, Cali...