New Releases by Ellen Raskin

Nadie sabe por qué el excéntrico millonario Samuel Westing ha llamado a los dieciséis vecinos de las Torres de Poniente para la lectura de su última voluntad. Tampoco por qué lo hace si sabe que entre ellos está su asesino. Ni por qué enreda a estas personas en un inteligente juego de pistas. Lo que sí saben es que su heredero será la primera persona que descifre el misterioso testamento y comprenda el enigma que este esconde. Un testamento que revelará secretos de todos ellos...

NEWBERY MEDAL WINNER • Ellen Raskin''s unforgettable, timeless classic continues to be cherished by young readers of each new generation. "Great fun for those who enjoy illusion, word play, or sleight of hand." —The New York Times Book Review A highly inventive mystery begins when sixteen unlikely people gather for the reading of the very strange will of the very rich Samuel W. Westing. They could become millionaires, depending on how they play a game. All they have to do is find the answer—but the answer to what? The Westing game is tricky and dangerous, but the heirs play on—through blizzards, burglaries, and bombings. Sam Westing may be dead ... but that won''t stop him from playing one last game! Ellen Raskin has created a remarkable cast of characters in a puzzle-knotted, word-twisting plot filled with humor, intrigue, and suspense. Winner of the Boston Globe/Horn Book Award • An ALA Notable Book • A School Library Journal One Hundred Books That Shaped the Century

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The mysterious death of an eccentric millionaire brings together an unlikely assortment of heirs who must uncover the circumstances of his death before they can claim their inheritance.

Beloved librarian Madie "Macaroni" Rooney and her shy, intelligent assistant, Chessa "Cheese" Plotz, investigate a crime spree in their quiet resort town of Grouse Lake, Wisconsin.

From the Newbery Award-winning author of THE WESTING GAME, more clever riddles and wordplay, clues to be found, and mysteries to be solved! A Newbery Honor book The Amazing Dancing Figgs! While Mona hates all the attention her eccentric relatives bring to her in town, there is one Figg family member she likes: her Uncle Florence, the book dealer. But Uncle Florence keeps hinting that he''s going to find his way to Capri, the Figg family heaven. And that means leaving Mona behind. Can Mona find Capri before it''s too late, or will she learn that things are seldom what they seem when books are involved?

From the Newbery Award-winning author of THE WESTING GAME, more clever riddles and wordplay, clues to be found, and mysteries to be solved! Wanted: Assistant to a painter (and a secret sleuth) Dickory Dock has come to 12 Cobble Lane to take the job as painter''s assistant to the artist Garson. The townhouse looks charming and quaint, but inside its redbrick walls lurk suspicious characters, multiple mysteries, and one very eccentric portrait artist. Clues abound; and suddenly Dickory finds herself assisting Garson not in art but in crime solving. Can Dickory untangle the web of mysteries within mysteries and discover the true secret hiding on Cobble Lane?

From the Newbery Award-winning author of THE WESTING GAME, more clever riddles and wordplay, clues to be found, and mysteries to be solved! Glub! Blub! Mrs. Caroline "Little Dumpling" Carillon isn''t quite sure what to expect when she sets off to meet her husband, Leon. After all, she hasn''t seen him since their wedding when she was five and he was seven. But their reunion is cut short when a storm knocks him off their boat, and he disappears completely, leaving only one very waterlogged clue (Glub! Blub!). Will Dumpling be able to find Leon (or is it Noel) again? And just what is a glub blub?

A Newbery Medal Winner "A supersharp mystery...confoundingly clever, and very funny." —Booklist, starred review A bizarre chain of events begins when sixteen unlikely people gather for the reading of Samuel W. Westing’s will. And though no one knows why the eccentric, game-loving millionaire has chosen a virtual stranger—and a possible murderer—to inherit his vast fortune, on things for sure: Sam Westing may be dead…but that won’t stop him from playing one last game! Winner of the Newbery Medal Winner of the Boston Globe/Horn Book Award An ALA Notable Book "Great fun for those who enjoy illusion, word play, or sleight of hand." —The New York Times Book Review "A fascinating medley of word games, disguises, multiple aliases, and subterfuges—a demanding but rewarding book." —The Horn Book

New ways to teach reading, writing and the love of literature.

All the animals have advice for mouse on what to wear and what not to wear for the special holiday greeting on Twenty-two, Twenty-three.

Cumulative verse reveals the sounds made by various animals, but who said chitter-chitter-chatter?

Cumulative verse reveals the sounds made by various animals, but who said chitter-chitter-chatter?

Friendless Franklin Stein decides to make a friend out of odds and ends.

A mischievous ghost creates havoc at a family reunion in this story related by the poltergeist and a bystander.

Every afternoon in the rain forest the pig, the parrot, and the potto meet for tea; and every afternoon a rainstorm spoils their party until the potto has an idea.

Every afternoon in the rain forest the pig, the parrot, and the potto meet for tea; and every afternoon a rainstorm spoils their party until the potto has an idea.

A nearsighted little girl talks about and shows some of the unusual things she saw before being fitted with glasses.

As Chester sits and comlains about the boring block where he lives, all sorts of exciting, and even strange, things are going on behind his back.

Explains the mathematics of the circle and discusses its occurrence in nature and in man-made articles.