New Releases by Doug Cooney

Orignally published by Disney Press, 2014.

"It doesn''t make sense to me...in the book, Dorothy is a girl who can hear and talk—and Toto is a little dog. So I''m sorry—but I just don''t see a Dorothy who''s deaf and talks with her hands and has a great big dog for Toto!" Megan''s fourth grade class is putting on their own original musical based on the book The Wizard of Oz, and Megan wants to be the star of the show and play Dorothy. Since she''s deaf, she will sign the songs for her audition. However, a problem develops when Lizzie, her best friend from camp, transfers from her all-deaf school to Megan''s class - and signs the same two songs that Megan was going to do! Luckily, Megan has some other ideas up her sleeve... Academy Award–winning actress Marlee Matlin and Doug Cooney follow Deaf Child Crossing and Nobody''s Perfect with this winning story that perfectly captures the humor, joys, and frustration of childhood friendships.

Megan has spent forever planning her positively purple birthday sleepover. She''s even made glittery purple invitations for every girl in her class. Then a new girl, Alexis Powell, joins their class. Alexis seems perfect: She''s smart, pretty, and rules the soccer games on the playground. But no matter how hard Megan tries to be a friend to Alexis, the new girl is aloof or rude. At first Megan thinks Alexis is shy. Then Megan starts to fear that Alexis is treating her differently because she''s deaf. When the girls are forced to collaborate on a science fair project, Megan learns the truth -- and realizes that nobody''s perfect. Once again Marlee Matlin draws on experiences from her own childhood to tell Megan''s story. In this funny, poignant book, readers will root for Megan, a spirited young girl who doesn''t let anything stand in her way.

Cooney brings back the unforgettable characters from "The Beloved Dearly" for this new adventure that finds Dusty and Ernie starting up a new business--charm school.

An actor himself, Doug Cooney is uniquely suited to narrate this hilarious novel version of his acclaimed play about Ernie Castellano, a fast-talking wheeler-dealer kid, who has come up with his greatest idea yet-- pet funerals.