New Releases by Diana Hendry

Little Mouse has a busy day playing in the garden.

Do you collect things? Stamps, spiders, CDs? Tess has some really crazy collections, or at least, that is what her brother James thinks. But he can hardly believe his ears when Tess tells him what she plans to collect next

Disturbed by the many peculiar sounds he hears while trying to get to sleep, Ratoncito repeatedly asks to get into bed with Papba Ratbon.

Scully lives with his parents in an ordinary-looking semi. But they''re definitely not an ordinary family. Scully''s dad mends and sells clocks, but he''s actually a wizard and Scully''s mum can see into the future. Scully himself is trainee wizard

These two delightful stories tell of how Fiona, indoors a real chatterbox, makes a friend, finds her tongue and is able to talk outside the home. The second tale concerns one day when everything starts to talk to her, even her satchel

Written by Diana Hendry, a Whitbread Children''s Book Award Winner, this is an entertaining story about the ups and downs of sibling life.

The Donovans are afraid of so many things that the family gets a dog from the animal shelter to protect them.

This new Walker Double includes two enchanting stories for young readers by a Whitbread Children''s Novelist. In these books Ida finds her stay with Aunt Madge very dull until she meets Pirate, the stray kitten, and Hetty is excited about her uncle''s party.

There are 7 Dottingtons and they are all scared of something. The answer, they decide, is to get a dog, and Hero seems the perfect choice. But he is also scared of absolutely everything In comforting him, the family forget about their own fears.

Eliza longs to escape from her small English seaside town with a romantic beatnik.

The flat above Lily''s is empty until the day that Shanta and her family move in. Lily and Shanta hit it off at once and have lots of fun together. This is one of a new set of stories about the friendship between 2 girls of different races, by Diana Hendry.

One-Eyed Penguin, Knitted Owl, Albapot and Raggy Christine are abandoned in the attic - uncared for and unloved. One Christmas Eve, Father Christmas decides that they will be the perfect present for Lily Peppermint. But what about the children of Hartlepool? Who is going to deliver THEIR presents when Father Christmas is stuck in a cupboard hiding from the new owners. . . . ?

Jets is a much-acclaimed series of lively, humorous and well written stories for children who are just beginning to enjoy reading. In this title Mulligan''s life takes a turn for the worse when the Thing-in-a-box becomes the Thing-on-two-legs.

Opening with a group of poems set in Crete, this book also features poems about Christmas, pianos, family, people (real and imaginary), pigeons and skylarks.

When Kid Kibble, the new seventh-grade biology teacher, moves into their attic room with a skeleton and an assortment of living things, Ned, his sister, and their mother wonder if their bad luck with boarders is continuing.

A kitten does not like it when his mother goes away without him, but after enjoying some time by himself, he understands why she does it.

It''s Christmas time and in the attic of a long-deserted house, four toys are waiting for an event they barely remember. Suggested level: Preschool, junior.

Part of a series which integrates the text with pictures. When Mrs Millie Dembo came home with the Thing-in-a-Box, she hardly gave Mulligan a glance. She didn''t want to play Shake Paws, or Tickle-my-Tummy and she only just remembered to give him his dinner, so something had to be done.

When the animals in Harry''s dreams settle in the park across the street the park gardener finds homes in the zoo for all of them but the stubborn camel. Meanwhile in Carey Street, the communal cat; Jenkins, catches a star. Suggested level: primary.