New Releases by Bill Martin

Illustrations and rhyming text present ten different endangered animals.

Lyrical text and color photographs celebrate nature''s colors, climates, and seasons.

Trick or Treat When Merlin the wizard answers the door, trick-or-treating becomes more tricky than usual. Suddenly everything turns Wackbards! Those tasty jelly beans have turned into silly belly jeans! Enjoy this hilarious Halloween treat that''s guaranteed to satisfy your sweet tooth and your funny bone!

Chicken Chuck the rooster, who has set himself up as boss of the barnyard by virtue of the special blue feather in the middle of his forehead, finds his authority undermined by a circus horse with two blue feathers.

Divides the Pledge of Allegiance into words and phrases in order to define its meaning.

(Music Sales America). This is the first instructional singing book to address exclusively rock singing in the singers'' own words. Learn what it takes to sing like a professional, maximize your vocal range, and increase power. Includes interviews and quotes with a range of singers including Bruce Dickinson, Geoff Tate, Joe Lynn Turner, John Bush and James Labrie.

A Nice Derangement of Epitaphs

Two girls'' teams, the Cardinals and the Blue Jays, play a close and intense game of basketball.

Children point out various parts of their bodies and mention their uses.

Develops a radical politics of community that engages with practical issues such as the Gulf War and the 1992 uprisings in Los Angeles, set against the context of postmodern capitalism.

Bold pictures present a band, and, music verbs and adverbs. PW Best Books of 1994.

A little mouse who habitually teases a cat must use his wits to avoid being eaten.

A comprehensive attempt to assess the politics of deconstruction and the deconstruction of modernist politics.

In this rhyming story, children describe the sights and sounds of riding on the merry-go-round.

A Halloween jack-o-lantern leads a band of mischief makers before getting snuffed out.

Walking down a dark lonely road on an errand one night, a brother and sister argue over who is afraid of the dread Ghost-Eye tree.

A collection of children''s books on the subject of grandparents.

Unable to sleep on the night of a full moon, a young boy follows the sound of music across the fields and finds an unusual barn dance in progress.

Lucky Kidd watches her father ride a mean bull at the rodeo and thinks about becoming a bull rider herself.

Guide to the first level readers in Bill Martin''s instant readers, a program focussing on the use of structure and rhyme as decoding skills and structured books to encourage children to read successfully with pleasure. Includes discussions of each title and suggestions for follow-up activities for level 1 books.

A chronological account of the Apollo 11 trip to and from the moon.

A boy, several animals, an astronaut, and a star name the kingdoms they rule over.

The wizard demonstrates the tricks he can do on earth and in the air.

A little boy imagines all the things he will have in the fantastic supermarket he plans to build.

On a dark and stormy night one object after another joins in making eerie noises in the old house.

Lists in verse the most obvious quality of any kind of weather or human condition: "When it''s cold, it''s cold./ ... When you''re old, you''re old."

Old Mother Middle Muddle''s decision to make a cup of tea sends a wave of anticipation through the barnyard.

A rhyming tale describes the adventures of a group of children as they wander around the city.

Teacher''s guide for the books within the series.