New Releases by Charlotte Zolotow

These two stories, Janey and My Grandson Lew are about children''s memories of a best friend and a grandfather. Although both children have lost someone close to them, they remember only happy things. The stories are also available on cassette in the Read and Listen series.

A little girl delights her brother with a series of promises about all the wonderful things she''ll do to make him happy as they both grow up.

I hate hate hated my friend. When I moved over in the school bus, she sat somewhere else. When her point broke in arithmetic and I passed her my pencil, she took Peter''s instead. "Ask her," my mother said. "Ask your friend why."

A noisy little boy discovers the pleasure of a quiet moment with his mother after his very noisy cousin pays a visit to their house.

New to the neighborhood, Thomas is shy about making friends until he wears a tiger suit on Halloween.

One by one the members of a family awake one cold November morning to discover that during the night there has been a beautiful snowfall.

John announces that when he has a son, his son will never have to play the piano, or cut his hair, or play with the sons of his father''s friends.

Illustrations accompany couplets describing things that go together naturally, such as "Sand with sea" and especially "you with me."

An illustrated collection of poems arranged under eight subject categories including "The Sea," "People and Friendship," "Animals," and "Bedtime Thoughts."

The stories in this collection deal with loss, separation, unrequited and unspoken love, divorce or death of those we care about.

An infant''s mother gives him many loving nicknames until he surprises her by saying "Mama".

‘Gruffness and anger is passed along from person to person until a little dog starts a chain of happiness that reverses the trend. [A] pleasant picture book [that touches on] emotional maturity.’ —ALA Children’s Services Division.

Throughout the year, Susan hears a little bird inside her singing of the changing seasons, but no one else can hear it.

While out for a walk on a spring morning, a little girl shows her mother things grown-ups sometimes miss.

A little girl describes her dream adventures with her very own horse.

Mr. Rabbit helps a little girl find a lovely present for her mother, who is especially fond of red, yellow, green, and blue.

A little girl asks if she may return home to visit when she grows up and no longer spills powder in the bathroom or knocks over the plants.

It''s not fair that everything about my friend Martha''s life is the way I wish my life were--though she tells me she prefers mine.

Bertha thought that she was Judy''s best friend and was jealous when Judy played with other kids.

Together Lewis and his mother remember Grandpa, who used to come in the night when Lewis called.

A young girl describes the loneliness she feels after her best friend moves away.

Records, in rhyming text and illustrations, the experiences of getting up in the morning and going to bed at night.

A small boy tells his mother what he would like a father to be.

These compelling stories and photographs take us to places like Bwindi Impenetrable National Park in Uganda, Ivindo National Park in Gabon, and the Tai National Park in Cote d Ivoire for an intimate and revealing look at the lives of African wild apes and at the lives of the humans who study them. In tales of adventure, research, and conservation, veteran field researchers and conservationists describe exciting discoveries made over the past few decades about chimpanzees, bonobos, and gorillas. The book features vivid descriptions of interactions among these highly intelligent creatures as they hunt, socialize, and play. More difficult themes emerge as well, including the threats apes face from poaching, disease, and deforestation. In stories that are often moving and highly personal, this book takes measure of how special the great apes are and discusses positive conservation efforts, including ecotourism, that can help bring these magnificent animals back from the brink of extinction.

Poems about nature, memories, and childhood experiences.