Ubelaker is a forensic anthropologist who has consulted for the FBI. In this book he explains how he can get information from human skeletons, or even a single bone.

Ubelaker is a forensic anthropologist who has consulted for the FBI. In this book he explains how he can get information from human skeletons, or even a single bone.

In this sequel to "A Jar of Dreams", Rinko is dismayed when her mother forces her to spend the last month of her summer vacation helping out Mrs. Hata, a recently widowed neighbor. Rinko is uncomfortable around Mrs. Hata, who lives in a creepy old house and who everyone says is crazy. Will anything good come out of Rinko's helping Mrs. Hata and her two young sons?

In this sequel to "A Jar of Dreams", Rinko is dismayed when her mother forces her to spend the last month of her summer vacation helping out Mrs. Hata, a recently widowed neighbor. Rinko is uncomfortable around Mrs. Hata, who lives in a creepy old house and who everyone says is crazy. Will anything good come out of Rinko's helping Mrs. Hata and her two young sons?

A picture-book retelling of a Japanese folktale. When a cruel village master decrees that anyone over age 70 is useless and must die, all the elderly of the village are taken up to a mountain and left to perish. A young farmer realizes that his beloved mother will soon be 70 and so builds a secret room for her in his house to hide her from the village master. Two years later a nearby town threatens to conquer the village unless the village master can perform three seemingly impossible tasks. No one knows how these tasks can be accomplished except for the farmer's mother. Will her wisdom make it safe for her to come out of hiding? Colorful ink illustrations accompany the text.