New Releases by Arthur Yorinks

They came from outer space. They were ... TOMATOES FROM MARS! When these vicious Martian fruits invade Earth & threaten to cover it in sauce, the whole world looks to one man, one genius-Dr. Schtickle-to save it from becoming the second red planet. Dr. Schtickle ... HELP!!!!

With no rustlers left, the townsfolk lay off Sheriff Whitefish Will, but when outlaws show up, Will returns to prove that a harmonica tooting is mightier than a pistol shooting

When construction worker Frank produces a six-foot-long sandwich for lunch, his buddy Joey asks for a bite. On board pages.

Everyone was dreaming of a white Christmas. But then Santa didn''t show up...he''d lost his pants.

When constuction worker Joey gets stuck in a tub of cement, his buddy Frank tries to help him get free

When Giuseppe Giaweeni sails from Italy to look for China, he lands in Miami instead, where he discovers a lost tribe of dancing giants, one of whom he brings back to Europe.

Unappreciated and overworked by his selfish family, Ugh, a prehistoric caveboy, escapes his dreary life when he invents a bicycle.

Sol the giant''s world-shaking yelling and laughter drive the world''s people to advertise for a giant killer, but the only applicant for the job is a short fellow named Sid.

Milton and Morris--two orphaned immigrant brothers in New York--brave their way in the New World, taking jobs as trapeze artists, fruit peddlers, and tailors, and discover life''s bitter realities.

A great wicked witch fashions for herself a daughter made a of straw, but her efforts to make the girl come to life are not successful until it is too late.

When Irv Irving, a shoe salesman in Pinsk, loses his head, his practical wife, Irma, creates a makeshift one out of a pillowcase and old socks so that he can search for his own head.

Maurice Sendak greeted the publication of the first book by this unique author-and-artist team with an astonishing review in The New York Times Book Review, which began: "Sid and Sol is a wonder--a picture book that heralds a hopeful, healthy flicker of life in what is becoming a creatively exhausted genre. The magic rests in teh seamless bond of Arthur Yorinks''s and Richard Egielski''s deft and exciting collaboration." Sendak concluded his review with an enthusiastic "Welcom, Mr. Yorinks and Mr. Egielski!" Now Louis the Fish, their second picture book, not only fulfills the promise of the first, but amply surpasses it. Louis is a butcher. He has a nice shop on Flatbush, with steady customers. He''s "always friendly, always helpful, a wonderful guy." But Louis is not happy. He hates meat! All his life he''s been surrounded by meat. His grandfather was a butcher. His father was a butcher. His whole childhood, even his birthdays, revolved aournd meat. As a boy he tried anythign to escape--even a job after school cleaning fishtanks. But that doesn''t last long. Louis soon has to take over his parents'' butcher shop. He grows ill. Business begins to fail. All seems lost. Until on night, in fitful sleep, after uneasy dreams, Louis is changed in a profound and startling way and begins a happy new life.

Marvin meets a man who gives him special, magical chopped meat. Now he must find out if the magical meat will help solve his problems.

Short Sid sets off to save the world from the giant Sol.