New Releases by Dori Butler

DIVDIVAn adolescent girl learns that realizing a dream requires a good deal more than stubborn, steely resolve as she risks everything to follow her heart/divDIV It’s not fair! Thirteen-year-old Joelle Cunningham is passionate about baseball. She loves to watch it, read about it, and, most of all, play it. But when her family moves from Minneapolis to the small town of Greendale, Iowa, she quickly discovers that there are strict rules preventing her from playing on the school baseball team./divDIV At Hoover Middle School, only boys play baseball. Girls play softball. It’s not the same sport! Joelle tries to tell everyone. But no one is listening. Not Coach Carlyle—even though his baseball team is at the bottom of the league, he doesn’t want her on his team. Not Ms. Fenner, the softball coach—she wants Joelle to use her big-league swing to benefit the girls’ team. Not her new friend, Elizabeth, who is growing tired of her complaints. Not even Jason, her older brother, who is too busy at college to be of much help./divDIV But Joelle is determined to play baseball. And through some creative problem-solving and surprising alliances, she finds a solution to her dilemma that brings the disputing sides together . . . and baseball to the girls of Greendale. Author Dori Butler has created a high-spirited, indomitable character that young girls will admire and root for in this story of frustrated ambition and ultimate triumph./div/div

Buddy is in the school library and kids are taking turns reading with him. While Buddy listens to a ghost story, he hears rustling in the shelves behind him. He turns to look, but doesn''t see anyone back there. He hears a book fall. Something smells strange. Not human...not canine, not like anything Buddy has ever smelled before. Could it maybe be the school ghost Buddy has heard so much about? When the child he''s sitting with leaves, Buddy goes over to the shelves to investigate...and comes face to face with a mysterious creature that has a long, blue tongue.

Tortoise has been working out. But has he been working out enough to beat Hare in the big race?

Sally Sheep has heard the stories about those terrible wolves but she doesn''t believe them. So she decides to find out for herself.

Fold out the legs and arms of this ingenious book to find a doll that can actually sit on the potty just like a child. Hidden in Zacks chest is a picture book all about learning to go on a potty. Also includes a potty chart, stickers, and a parents booklet in the backpack.

Fold out the legs and arms of this ingenious book to find a doll that can actually sit on the potty just like a child. Hidden in Zoe''s chest is a picture book all about learning to go on a potty. Also includes a potty chart, stickers, and a parents booklet in the backpack.

Perform this script about what really happened between Hansel and Gretel and Esmerelda the witch.

Perform this Aesop''s fable about a Tortoise''s attempt to beat Hare in a race.

Perform this script about how Rhino got his wrinkles.

Perform this script about a sheep who dresses up like a wolf.

Perform this script about Detective Cluck as he searches the farm for a group of missing hens.

Perform this script about a girl who is always late.

Perform this script about a group of animals who must choose a location for the Southern Hemisphere Animal Club''s annual conference.

What happens to Mrs. Hartman''s students when she uses the Winter Weather Machine to teach them about blizzards?