New Releases by Ellen Weiss

A group of friends look for and help animals in distress. 9-12 yrs.

When Garth takes the class gerbil home for the summer, he discovers that he can talk not only with Weebie but also with other animals.

Describes the physical characteristics, habitat, and behavior of the African elephant, as tall as a one-story house, as heavy as five station wagons.

While Lisa is keeping a chimp at her house, she discovers that he knows sign language and she and her friends hope to find a way to keep him from being taken to live at the zoo.

Abby helps rescue an abandoned miniature horse, but has to find a home for her new friend before her dad finds out.

Surveys the world of prehistoric life before and after the dinosaurs and gives alphabetically arranged descriptions of dinosaur species, from Acanthopholis to Zephyrosaurus.

Big Bird, Ernie, and Bert visit all the animals at the zoo trying to find Mr. Snuffle-upagus'' friend.

Bean the rabbit scrapes his knee. Although he can''t make it go away, he can take care of his boo-boo until it heals.

This series of books has been especially created to teach preschool childen basic concepts and to help them discover and understand the excitng world around them. This book is about visiting the doctor for a check up.

When Bean Bunny moved to town, he had a lot of trouble making friends because he was feeling shy. But after spending time wiith Kermit and Fozzie, they had a lot of fun together. That made Bean feel more comfortable. He was able to stop feeling so shy and start making friends.

This series will help children learn about values such as honesty, friendship, sharing, responsibility, love, and self-esteem.

Tod Watson is transformed from an eight-year-old into a superhero. Stepping Stone.

With the help of a rat costume, Tod Watson is transformed from an ordinary eight-year-old into a superhero name Ratman.

Although he cannot beanpole-vault as high as String Bean or run as fast as Jumping Bean, Lima Bean finds a way to compete in the Bean-a-thon.

Green Bean spends all of her time and energy feeling jealous of her bean friends until Boston Bean helps her to discover her own special talents.

Mean Bean changes his nasty ways after a visit from his even nastier cousin.

Snap Bean alienates his fellow workers by being disagreeable but discovers that working together gets the job done faster.

Jelly Bean''s friends, tired of being the victims of his constant practical jokes, get back at him by pretending they have forgotten his birthday.

Superbean tries to hide his fear of the dark from his adoring fans.

Wealthy but lonely Boston Bean learns that true friends cannot be bought.

Dishonest Wax Bean convinces his friends that he knows a glamorous movie star and cannot confess his lie when she comes to town to open her new movie.

Sweet Vanilla Bean stops letting people take advantage of her and learns how to say "No," realizing that bean sweet doesn''t mean bean walked on.

Dishonest Wax Bean convinces his friends that he knows a glamorous movie star and cannot confess his lie when she comes to town to open her new movie.

Bean Spout learns to appreciate her small size when she and her bean friends become trapped in a cave while searching for buried treasure.

Rex is apprehensive about his visit to the dentist, but after his teeth are checked and painted with fluoride he decides the ordeal was easy as pie.