Willard, N., editor. (1998) Step lightly : poems for the journey. San Diego : Harcourt Brace. According to the introduction, the author began collecting poems she liked in a shoebox. She saved poems that gave her "the special kind of pleasure that good poetry gives when it celebrates the ordinary in...

Kimmel, H. (2001) A girl named Zippy : growing up small in Mooreland, Indiana. New York: Doubleday, c2001. Haven Kimmel was born in 1965 in Mooreland, Indiana, a town of about 300 people. Originally a series of essays only intended to be shared with her mother and sister, they have been compiled...

Rennison, L. (2000) Angus, thongs and full-frontal snogging : confessions of Georgia Nicolson. New York : HarperCollins Publishers. Written in diary format, this book details the trials and tribulations of 14 year old Georgia Nicolson in hilarious fashion. Plagued by clueless parents, a vicious cat,...