New Releases by Deborah Diesen

After planning for months to have the perfect school picture taken, a boy''s moment of weakness ruins everything.

The funny follow up to the New York Times bestselling The Pout-Pout Fish from Deborah Diesen and Dan Hanna Mr. Fish wants to help his friend Ms. Clam when she loses her pearl, but though he''s fast as a sailfish, as smart as dolphin, and as strong as a shark, Mr. Fish has a secret: he''s scared of the dark! Very young children will swim along with Mr. Fish as he journeys deep into the ocean to new and mysterious places. They will discover, as Mr. Fish does, the power of friendship to light the way through the big-big dark.

A group of babies stages a "protest crawl," in which they make their list of demands known to their parents in no uncertain terms: no bibs, no mashed peas, no frilly clothes. By the author of the New York Times best-seller The Pout-Pout Fish.

The first book in the New York Times bestselling Pout-Pout Fish series from Deborah Diesen and illustrator Dan Hanna! Deep in the water, Mr. Fish swims about With his fish face stuck In a permanent pout. Can his pals cheer him up? Will his pout ever end? Is there something he can learn From an unexpected friend? Swim along with the pout-pout fish as he discovers that being glum and spreading "dreary wearies" isn''t really his destiny. Bright ocean colors and playful rhyme come together in this fun fish story that''s sure to turn even the poutiest of frowns upside down. The Pout-Pout Fish is a 2009 Bank Street - Best Children''s Book of the Year.