New Releases by Diane Namm

Losing someone we love is hard. Finding a way through sadness can seem impossible. What Happens After? explores grief and illustrates how people process their loss, respect their sorrow, and in their own time, move forward.

Principal C tells all the school children that there is going to be a holiday feast at the end of the week, and that each family can bring one food that represents their culture. All the kids are excited! But when Josh, Nora, and Jacob realize their family has two very different, favorite holiday foods they want to bring, the kids come up with a plan to mash up their family''s cultures and truly represent who they are.

Spike said to Mike, "I bet I can get down south before you can." And the race was on! Who will find the fastest way?

Have you ever been to a movie and wondered how in the world makeup artists make the characters look so vivid and magnificent? For special effects makeup guru Bruna Nogueira, it''s all in a day''s work. The Hollywood Makeup Lab offers a peek into some of the coolest special effects tips and tricks, from Crime Scene Investigation sets to The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, Nogueira has accumulated a wealth of cosmetic knowledge to share with you! Learn how to create some of the most interesting fantasy, science fiction, and horror looks with makeup. With shows like SyFy''s popular Face/Off and programs like Nogueira''s Professional Hollywood Workshop, its talent and passion to design, sculpt and mold unique looks. Whether you''re interested in breaking in to the field or you simply like to see great techniques, let The Hollywood Makeup Lab help you get started toward a working knowledge of movie makeup magic.

Contains ten classic Roman myths.

How did the famous Knights of the Round Table come to be? This title is suitable for children aged 3 to 6.

''Roman Myths'' gathers eleven of the best-loved ancient myths in one abridged collection, rewritten for third and fourth graders who can''t quite tackle the originals and older children at lower reading levels. This high interest/low vocabulary volume features stories such as ''Romulus and Remus, '' ''Cupid and Psyche, '' ''Escape from Troy, '' ''Oedipus and the Sphinx'' and more. This book also begins with a detailed list and family tree of all the important gods and goddesses for easy referen

Two tricksters convince the emperor they are making him beautiful new clothes, invisible to fools, but during a royal procession in which he first wears them, a child calls out that the emperor has nothing on.

A freshly baked gingerbread boy escapes when he is taken out of the oven and eludes a number of animals until he meets a clever fox.

As payment for retrieving the princess''s ball, the frog exacts a promise which the princess is reluctant to fulfill.

A tired and hungry little girl helps herself to the belongings of three bears in the woods.

A young girl feels a pea through twenty mattresses and proves she is a real princess.

A clever cat wins for his master a fortune and the hand of a princess.

An ugly duckling spends an unhappy year excluded by the other animals before he grows into a beautiful swan.

An illustrated collection of jokes about our less attractive animal friends.

School days...are funny days! Why was the math book so unhappy? It had a lot of problems. Why did the science teacher throw all her thermometers out the window? She wanted to see the temperature drop, of course! Kids will love watching the beaver teacher toss the thermometers--and seeing them float down with open parachutes on the next page. Every joke is so memorable, the animal characters so cute, and the pictures so witty that novice readers will find themselves quickly grasping every word.

This book is a collection of jokes and riddles.

An illustrated collection of jokes and riddles about jungle animals.

Presents a collection of jokes about letters and the alphabet.

An illustrated collection of jokes and riddles about rabbits.

A brief, simplified retelling of the episode in "Doctor Dolittle" during which the physician-turned-veterinarian saves the life of a lion''s prince cub and receives a most unusual reward.

A brief, simplified retelling of the episode in "The Jungle Book" during which Mowgli, a boy raised by wolves and other animals, ignores the advice of his friends Bagheera and Baloo and goes off by himself in the jungle.

A brief, simplified retelling of the episode in "Doctor Dolittle" during which the physician-turned-veterinarian saves the life of a lion''s prince cub and receives a most unusual reward.

A brief, simplified retelling of the episode in "The Jungle Book" during which Mowgli, a boy raised by wolves and other animals, ignores the advice of his friends Bagheera and Baloo and goes off by himself in the jungle.

Une collection de courts récits de 25 à 60 mots destinés à l''apprentissage de la lecture. Sous ce titre, la chambre d''un garçonnet est habitée de dix monstres coquins qui se dissimulent derrière la porte ou à la fenêtre ... -- Un récit rythmé par la répétition, animé de charmantes aquarelles donnant vie à une ménagerie coquine et fort sympathique. [SDM].