New Releases by Emily Arnold Mccully

Recounts the true story of how four boys looking for buried treasure in the south of France in 1940 stumbled upon something much more valuable--a sealed cave whose walls were covered with prehistoric paintings and engravings.

Simplified Chinese edition of Mirette on the High Wire by Emily Arnold McCully. In Simplified Chinese. Annotation copyright Tsai Fong Books, Inc. Distributed by Tsai Fong Books, Inc.

Alice Cogswell was a bright and curious child and a quick learner. She also couldn''t hear. And, unfortunately, in the early nineteenth century in America, there was no way to teach deaf children. One day, though, an equally curious young man named Thomas Gallaudet, Alice''s neighbor, senses Alice''s intelligence and agrees to find a way to teach her. Gallaudet''s interest in young Alice carries him across the ocean and back and eventually inspires him to create the nation''s first school for the deaf, thus improving young Alice''s life and the lives of generations of young, deaf students to come./DIVDIV

In the War of 1812, Caroline, the fastest runner in town, carries word about a plan to ward off bombardment by the British fleet from house to house. But when the battle begins, her courage, not her speed, is tested. Includes colorful illustrations, an author¿s note and a note to caregivers.

Young Oney Judge risks everything to escape a life of slavery in the household of George and Martha Washington and to make her own way as a free black woman.

A curious little mouse decides to find out what school is all about.

An outstanding book for young naturalists Floy Hutchings, also known as Squirrel, is the daughter of the man who opened the first hotel in the Yosemite Valley in the 1860s. She has to fend for herself much of the time and is considered wild by her family and her father''s guests. When the future naturalist John Muir is hired as a carpenter, Floy becomes his inquisitive shadow as he builds himself a cabin over a stream, talks to flowers, and listens to snow. Floy, determined never to grow up because she''d have to be a lady, and Muir, searching nature for a way to live free of society''s expectations, are primed to find common ground. In this story set against a backdrop of watercolor paintings that vividly capture the beauty of Yosemite, Floy learns to see the world through John Muir''s eyes.

Momma is black and Daddy is white but the family is many colors. The members of their loving circle make the world sweet for the two young children who are growing up tall and strong.

The first snow has fallen. The mice children go sledding with Grandma and Grandpa. But at the top of the hill, who will go first? Bitty, the smallest mouse, is scared. When she tries, WHEEEEEE, she finds that sledding is the best! Caldecott Medalist Emily Arnold McCully captured the chills and thrills of a first sled ride when first snow was published in 1985. She has added words and created new pictures for this handsome larger edition, a companion to picnic.

"Beautiful day!" "Not a cloud in the sky!" "A-picnicking we go!" When Picnic was first published in 1984, readers fell in love with Emily Arnold McCully''s lush watercolors and charming story about a little mouse who is reunited with her family. Now the Caldecott artist has added words and painted bigger illustrations in her signature whimsical style to accommodate a larger-sized read-aloud book. But what has not changed is a timeless story about the hurt of being lost, and the joy of being found again.

Pip''s two grandmothers, who cannot agree on anything, take Pip and her friends trick-or-treating on Halloween.

Monk the little mouse learns from his parents that practice is the way to succeed--whether it is in playing baseball or in playing music.

Tells the story of two unlikely kung fu masters and how their skill in martial arts saves them both.

One day, a mysterious stranger arrives at a boardinghouse of the widow Gateau—a sad-faced stranger, who keeps to himself. When the widow’s daughter, Mirette, discovers him crossing the courtyard on air, she begs him to teach her how he does it. But Mirette doesn’t know that the stranger was once the Great Bellini—master wire-walker. Or that Bellini has been stopped by a terrible fear. And it is she who must teach him courage once again. Emily Arnold McCully’s sweeping watercolor paintings carry the reader over the rooftops of nineteenth-century Paris and into an elegant, beautiful world of acrobats, jugglers, mimes, actors, and one gallant, resourceful little girl.

Three books bound together.

A cat wanders into the church garden and children in the congregation name him Leo the Magnificent. Leo spends many happy years in the garden. When it''s time for him to go, everyone remembers their magnificent friend. Full-color illustrations.

A ten-year-old bobbin girl working in a textile mill in Lowell, Massachusetts, in the 1830s, must make a difficult decision--will she participate in the first workers'' strike in Lowell?

When a new bridge is built over the river, the happiest person in the town must be the first to cross it.

Recounts the life of the renowned sixteenth-century Irish woman pirate.

Mirette learns tightrope walking from Monsieur Bellini, a guest in her mother''s boarding house, not knowing that he is a celebrated tightrope artist who has withdrawn from performing because of fear.

A Paris, les artistes (acrobates, jongleurs, etc.) logeaient chez la veuve Gâteau. C''est alors que sa petite fille Juliette fut séduite par les activités d''un funambule. Elle décida de faire comme lui et même qu''elle lui vint en aide. Des illustrations recherchées où se juxtaposent ombres et clairs.

John has been practicing a magic trick instead of the piano and is worried about disappointing his musician father, but then he gets to be a hero in the castle where his father is performing.

When Pip''s parents go away on a trip, she ends up with two grandmas to baby-sit her. Pip is ready for fun -- but strict Grandma Nan and easygoing Grandma Sal can''t agree on anything! It''s time for Pip to take charge.

Pip and Ski have a hard time enjoying themselves at the lake with Pip''s two grandmothers, who cannot agree on anything.

Young Pip doesn''t know what to do when two very different grandmothers come to baby sit, each with her own way of doing things.

A daddy tickles a tiny baby as he lies on the bed.