New Releases by Barbara Fienberg

Après toutes ces aventures, ça devait arriver ! Pourtant, tout allait bien pour Tashi. Il avait trouvé des souliers magiques, il allait voir la princesse Sarashina... Et voilà que le diseur de bonne aventure lui annonce cette terrible nouvelle. Alors, c''est fini pour Tashi ? Sait-on jamais !

A compendium of all thirty-two Tashi tales follows the clever gnome''s daredevil escape from a warlord on the back of a swan and his confrontations with giants, ghosts, and other monsters.

In The Amazing Tashi Activity book you''ll find lots to do plus a fold-out with Tashi''s very own Board Game. Are you good at puzzles? Try Tashi''s Treasure Chest of Words or his Tricky Word Puzzle or complete the Incredible Crossword. Can you find the Baron''s gold with the treasure map? Or help Tashi rescue the children in the Warlord''s maze? How will Tashi escape from the dungeon? What will you make first? A boat? A dragon? The tiger pop-up card? You could make a diorama of Tashi''s world or bake Ah Chu''s favourite fish cakes. And then there''s a brand new Tashi story to read. In ''Tashi and the Strangers'' a new family stumbles into the village, with General Zeng''s soldiers on their trail. How will Tashi save them?

The sixteenth book of Tashi''s adventures, in which Tashi and his friends use clay and magic to make a golem who will stand up to the bully boy, Big Bang. But will their Golem obey them? And can they rescue Ah Chu''s baby sister from the River Pirate before the pirates sail away?

Pauvre Tashi ! Ce n''est déjà pas facile de tomber sur un géant affamé, mais voilà qu''en plus, celui-ci est sale, grossier, vraiment dégoûtant. Bref, un gros cra-cra. Quant à cette musique que joue ce mystérieux étranger avec sa flûte enchantée, elle n''est pas sans danger. Allez, courage Tashi, et n''oublie pas: bouche-toi bien les oreilles et le nez!

Des araignées. des serpents, des rats ! Les démons ne savent plus quoi trouver pour faire peur à Tashi. Et à peine ce dernier s''est-il remis de ses émotions que la cloche magique du village disparaît ! Allez, Tashi, c''est reparti...

Décidément, Tashi est un garçon délicieux. D''abord, c''est Baba Yaga qui salive rien qu''en l''apercevant. Puis, quand il part à la recherche du voleur de poules, c''est un tigre qui semble le trouver très appétissant. Miam, miam, qu''il est bon, ce Tashi !

Dans le pays d''où vient Tashi, la vie n''est pas de tout repos. Entre les fantômes qui attaquent le village et le Baron Diabolique qui cache son or dans la Montagne des Tigres Blancs, que va bien pouvoir faire Tashi ? Trouver une de ses fameuses idées ! Et vite !

Le géant Chintu lança d''énormes rochers sur notre village. On aurait cru qu''il jouait, au. bowling. Puis il rugit : ".Amenez-moi Tassai ! " Ce matin, Jack arrive à l''école bien avant l''heure. Tashi a promis de lui raconter l''histoire du géant Chintu, celui qui voulait le réduire en bouillie pour donner du goût à son gâteau. Puis l''histoire des brigands qui l''ont capturé pour remplacer le fils du chef, parti avec des pirates...

In the fourteenth book about the ever-popular Tashi, a fire-breathing monster breaks out of Wise-as-an-Owl''s workshop and threatens them all, and when Tashi is accused of killing the carp in Soh Meen''s pond, he uses a Truth Potion to find the real culprit.

In the thirteenth book in the Tashi series, Tashi has to get behind the wheel to outsmart the demons and solve the mystery of a thief in the night.

When Jack''s class studies Egypt, Tashi relates an adventure he had in a burial ground discovered in his homeland, and then Jack describes Tashi''s search for a missing book of spells.

The eleventh book in the Tashi series of daring adventures and tall tales about magic, courage and the triumph of brains over brawn. Created by the much loved, multi-award winning author/illustrator team of Anna and Barbara Fienberg and Kim Gamble. ''I raced up and down the street looking in doorways and behind stalls. But there was no Grandma.'' Tashi always has big adventures, like the time he''s lost in the city and has to escape from a mean man with a glass eye and a silver dagger then, on the way home, Tashi and Grandma are kidnapped by brigands called Fearless and Ferocious. But clever Tashi always knows what to do - stay calm, think hard and move fast. ''All children should meet Tashi. He can be their mentor on the road to reading, feeding their imaginations with fantastic stories The Tashi stories have the evergreen qualities of classics.'' - Joan Zahnleiter, Magpies ''This little book reads just like a junior version of Raiders of the Lost Ark.'' Victoria Collins Sunday Night Live ''I just can''t get enough of Tashi, and neither can any of the students at my school!.a fantastic sense of anticipation and adventure.Definitely add this one to your library!'' Fiona Deppeler, Balgowlah Heights Public School, NSW

Young readers will cheer Tashi along as he uses his quick wit and keen bravery to drive the villainous monster Bluebeard from the castle and save the village once again.

Tashi recounts his experiences with a grumpy genie and a greedy uncle, and Jack tells his parents how Tashi, while visting his hometown, rescued the village''s kidnapped children from the dungeon of the local warlord.

Another five fabulous Tashi books all together in one big, fat volume. Ten terrific Tashi stories!

"Tashi está em apuros... de novo! O gigante Chintu ficou sabendo do que Tashi fez com seu amigo, o dragão, e não está nada feliz. Descubra como o nosso herói conseguiu se livrar dessa encrenca usando a cabeça e uma receitinha especial! Mas as aventuras não acabam aí. Os ladrões raptaram Tashi e tentaram transformá-lo em filho deles... E agora?" --p.[4] of cover.