New Releases by Allan Ahlberg

From the popular The Baby''s Catalogue, these four board books feature activities and surroundings in a baby''s world. With babies'' and toddlers'' keen interest in other babies and object identification, The Baby''s Catalogue board books are the perfect beginning books for the very youngest readers. In Baby Sleeps, baby''s daily activities are presented: baby wakes, drinks, thinks, bounces, and finally falls asleep. Full color.

Simple text and illustrations demonstrate in brief vignettes such concepts as cause and effect, adding, parts of a whole, opposites, and the meaning of words.

Jam-packed with brilliant jokes to tell your Mum, your Dad, your dog or even your teacher!

Mr. and Mrs. Brick, whose families have always been builders, have a baby who would rather knock things down.

Mr. Buzz, his family, and all the neighbors chase a swarm of uncooperative bees through the countryside.

Sick of socks and sheets and undershirts, the Lathers decide that in future they will wash anything except laundry.

Henry and Henrietta Hay are embarrassed because their circus performer parents, in contrast to other mothers and fathers, go everywhere happily wearing their horse suit.

Henry and Henrietta Hay are embarrassed because their circus performer parents, in contrast to other mothers and fathers, go everywhere happily wearing their horse suit.

Mr. Tick is the teacher in a tiny school with only six pupils--his own children--which suits everyone perfectly until he learns that an inspector is coming who plans to close the school if it does not have more students.

Illustrated by Andre Amstutz (Kestrel Hardback- 0 7226.5661 0 $6.95)

Illustrated by Joe Wright

The humorous adventures of Mrs Plug''s wacky family. Mrs. Plug wins a world cruise for the family by saving a rich man from a robber. When the ship hits a rock and begins to swamp, the captain calls for Mrs. Plug.

When Thomas Tull is seven years old, he stops growing and begins shrinking and shrinking and shrinking.