New Releases by DUGALD STEER

Elaborate facsimile journal of a fictional Emily Sand''s 1926 search for the tomb of the god Osiris presents an overview of ancient Egypt and Egyptology.

Einführung in die äDrachologieä, der äWissenschaftä zur Erforschung der Drachen: Einteilung nach Lebensraum, Beschreibung von Drachenarten, Physiologie, Lebenszyklus, Verhalten sowie manch Kuriosem, um Drachen aufzuspüren und zu zähmen. Ab 11.

Rhyming text and pop-up pictures show how different kinds of animals show affection.

Nouchka, le petit ours polaire, est né par une nuit d''hiver. Il a grandi dans une tanière de neige, avec sa mère et son frère, sans jamais voir le soleil. Curieux de tout, et surtout de découvrir la lumière, il s''aventure un jour sur la banquise... En fin d''ouvrage, un lexique donne des informations sur les différentes espèces d''animaux qui apparaissent dans l''histoire.

Rhyming text and pop-up pages describe animals of different colors for young readers.

Rhyming text and pop-up illustrations present an assortment of animals from a frog eating one fly to a crocodile with ten sharp teeth.

Can some fast storytelling help a goose outwit his fox captor? Children will giggle at the goose''s retellings of familiar tales-all starring the fox. Each story is a mini-book bound right onto the pages of Time for a Tale. They include "Ali Baa Baa and the Forty Sheep," "The Fox Princess and the Pea," "The Pied Fox of Hamelin," and "The Three Little Chicks." Kids will demand to hear all of these tales again and again!

Rhyming text and pop-up pictures introduce various kinds of dinosaurs.

Rhyming text and pop-up illustrations introduce many farmyard animals.

In the middle of a dark Arctic winter''s night, Nanuk, a little polar bear, is born. Soon the days get longer, and it''s time for Nanuk, her mother, and her brother to leave their cozy den. Nanuk skips out eagerly, longing to see and feel the sun, but it hasn''t risen yet. Nanuk asks the snowshoe hare, the Arctic fox, the lemmings, the owls, the Arctic tern, the musk oxen, the walruses, and the beluga whale about the sun, but how delighted she is when she finally sees it herself! Young children and nature lovers will delight in this simple story about a young polar bear''s day from the producers of the very popular Snow Bear. Beautiful, embossed artwork combined with simple lyrical text assure this cheery picture book a place in every child''s heart. Also included at the back of the book are scientific facts about the animals from the Arctic.

Meet ten different pets, all popping right out of their pages to play with you.

Rhyming text and pop-up pictures about Christmas fun!

Rhyming text and pop-up pictures about Christmas fun!

Everyone''s having winter fun sledding, skiing and playing in the snow. But, where are the reindeer? Join in the search as their friends look for the reindeer to join in on the fun, only to find them diligently waiting by Santa''s sleigh for their big Christmas Eve flight. Now what could be more fun than that?

Let''s wish the jolly, kind man in the big velvet suit a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year too with this charming pop-up celebration. In this very special story, a song like no other is offered for the holidays. And just what makes it so special? It''s not sung about or to Santa, but for him.

Flap to lift, two pop-up flaps, and a large pop-on the final spread. Unsuitable for extensive lib. use. 4 yrs+

Bold bright graphics, a simple clean design, engaging rhyming text that appeals to young kids, and big pop-ups on each spread; this is the appeal of the Snappy series. Teaching children about big and small is fun thanks to this menagerie of opposite surprises. And what better way to learn than with this happy, snappy pop-up

Rhyming text and pop-up pictures introduce various types of jungle animals.