New Releases by Betsy Cromer Byars

One by one, the members of the Bean family repair to the roof of their apartment building to compose poetry, an exercise that brings joy to all, except George Bean.

In continued adventures, May-May and Rose take their traveling road show to more audiences.

With their mother dead and their father working nights, Retta tries to be mother to her two younger brothers.

The return of a hopeless "romantic and a heart-breaker to boot--surely one of Byars''s most enduring characters".--Publishers Weekly. "If there is such a thing as a typical American kid, Bingo Brown is it. He is funny and bright and lovable without being precocious. . . ".--The New York Times Book Review. 11 line drawings. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.

In the latest adventure of the happy and chaotic Blossom family, Junior creates the ultimate invention with the help, as usual, of the entire family. Only one problem crops up--Pap disappears.

When the toughest boy in school swears to kill him, twelve-year-old Mouse finds little help from friends and must prepare for this emergency alone.

Combining humor with pathos, Byars creates an unforgettable portrait of a boy puzzled by the comic and confusing questions of youth and worried by his disturbing insights into adult conflicts.

With a young brother in the hospital, a grandfather in jail, and their mother traveling with a rodeo, Maggie and Vern try to settle family problems.

In the aftermath of a big flood in Alderson County, the Blossom family continues coping in their rare family style.

Three lonely foster children learn to care about themselves and each other.

Anna Glory, the one non-singing member of a gospel-singing family, feels left out, like her misfit Uncle Newt, until the day the family bus is involved in a terrible accident.

Three lonely foster children learn to care about themselves and about each other.

When Junior accidentally gets caught in his own coyote trap deep in the woods, he is rescued by the reclusive woman known as Mad Mary and begins an unforgettable adventure.

Anna Glory, the one non-singing member of a gospel-singing family, feels left out, like her misfit Uncle Newt, until the day the family bus is involved in a terrible accident.

May-May and Rose, the singing, dancing Golly sisters, travel west by covered wagon, entertaining people along the way.

The Golly Sisters head west, but can they keep their act together long enough to get this show on the road? Includes colorful illustrations and a note to caregivers.

Ten-year-old Kate begins a communication exchange on a computer with someone purporting to be from outer space, who says he is going to pay a visit to Earth soon.

Abandoned by his political activist mother, who is hiding from the FBI, Warren dreams up outrageous horror movie plots in an effort to escape from reality. The young boy''s ambivalent feelings are reflected in his elaborate, often humorous fantasies. Text copyright 2004 Lectorum Publications, Inc.

Tom hates having to spend the summer on a farm . . . until he discovers the midnight fox. No one asked Tom how he felt about spending two months on his Aunt Millie’s farm. For a city boy, the farm holds countless terrors—stampeding baby lambs, boy-chasing chickens, and worst of all, loneliness. But everything changes when Tom sees the midnight fox. He can spend hours watching the graceful black fox in the woods. And when her life—and that of her cub—is in danger, Tom knows exactly what he must do. “An exceptional book.”—Booklist A Library of Congress Children’s Book of the Year

Simon learns some hard lessons about good and bad friendships when his good friend Tony''s stories involve him in some very troublesome and complicated situations.

A boy discovers that he doesn''t have to feel personally responsible for his uncle''s drowning.

Threatened with the loss of his private place in the attic of his crowded home, a young boy determines to keep it at all costs.

Jon finds his dream Palomino but despite months of attention and affection the animal refuses to recognize him as master.

An overweight, sensitive boy gains the insight and strength to overcome his problems through his search for and discovery of a friend''s grandfather, known as the Goat Man.

Will tries everything to quiet his crying baby brother.

Left with his grandfather until his parents are settled in Detroit, Sammy learns to respect and love the old man as they care for an injured crane together.

A boy discovers that he doesn''t have to feel personally responsible for his uncle''s drowning.

When he builds his raft, a twelve-year-old boy never dreams that it will serve as the sole means of escape for him and his grandmother when hostile Indians threaten their prairie cabin.