New Releases by Emma Chichester Clark

It''s a special day for Little Miss Muffet. But she doesn''t know it yet. As her animal friends appear--one spider, two lemurs, three magpies, and more--carrying gifts and decorations and tasty treats, she can only count and wonder. What''s all the fuss about? The reader is in on the secret: It''s Miss Muffet''s birthday, and everyone--from one spider to 10 crocodiles--is gathering for a gala surprise party. What better way to learn counting skills?

An anthology of poetry featuring works from classic Mother Goose to original poems and illustrated by artists such as Maurice Sendak, Helen Oxenbury, and Shirley Hughes.

Piper is a gentle and tenderhearted young dog. When the cruel Mr. Jones takes him away from the contentment of his mother''s home to catch rabbits in his garden, Piper finds himself spending a cold and lonely winter.

The sage feline Kuching takes the young and naive Sunshine under his paws and teaches him the ways of the cat. And there is plenty that Sunshine must learn: which of the dangerous dogs are trustworthy, when to sleep (which is most of the time), and more. 94 full-color illustrations.

The grass is always greener, or so thinks Miss Bilberry as she packs up her belongings and sets off with Cecile the dog, Chester the cat and the two birds, Chitty and Chatty, to the other side of the Blue Mountains. 2-5 yrs.

Miss Bilberry and her four pets--Chester the cat, Cecilie the dog, and her two birds, Chitty and Chatty--set out from their cozy yellow house to explore the other side of the nearby mountains.

A happy woman sets out to discover if she would be even happier living on the other side of the mountain. Miss Bilberry just can''t help wondering whether she might be happier if she lived on the other side of the mountains. So, with her cat, Chester, her dog, Cecilie, and her two birds, Chitty and Chatty, at her side, and all her worldly possessions in a wheelbarrow, she sets off to find out. Chichester Clark''s breezy writing style matches the quirky, can-do spirit of Miss Bilberry.

When three ring-tailed lemurs have lunch with their Aunt Augusta, Jemima, the youngest, eats far too much and has a jungle adventure.

The collector has illustrated her collection of more than 120 nonsense rhymes about animals, which derive from a variety of sources.

When Freddy and William discover a very, very big dinosaur sobbing miserably, they invite him to come to live with them and their friends, so that he won''t feel lonely any more.

When the wind blows away her favorite hat, Rosie, her friend Archie, and an assortment of animals chase the elusive hat all over the countryside.

Two thoroughly horrible children are given to a zoo by their parents, but even there the animals object to their behavior.