New Releases by Faith Mcnulty

A spider has made her home among the green hills and valleys of a lettuce leaf. It is a perfect den, just the right size, with a dewdrops pool nearby that will catch moths on moonlit nights. How is the spider to know that the lady intends to eat that very lettuce for lunch one day?

In language that is elegant, yet fun, this adventure invites the reader on an emotionally charged trip to the moon--from reminders of what one should pack on a trip to the moon, to the exciting countdown and lift-off.

In a world where dogs ruled, people would be well treated as pets where dogs would take us to the vet, give us flea baths, and read training books on how to teach us to sit and lie down. Original.

Collected and restored to print at last are moving, lowlife sketches by a writer for "The New Yorker", a man whose "phenomenal ear caught the common parlance of New York in all its uncommonness". Includes a memoir by Faith McNulty.

A boy learns about wolves when he accompanies his brother to a wildlife park to shoot a film about these ancestors of the pet dogs of today.

Herman the flea describes the perils that he and his many brothers and sisters face after making their home in the fur of Goldie, a family pet.

While visiting her sister who is studying dolphins in Florida, a young girl has an exciting day swimming in the dolphin pool, watching a pregnant dolphin give birth, and finally, having her life saved by one of the animals.

Explains how the earth''s biggest mammal evolved from a land animal into a sea animal.

A girl describes how she spent a summer observing the bats around and inside her house and what she discovered about their characteristics and behavior. By the creators of Dancing with Manatees. Original.

While observing whales in the Atlantic Ocean, a boy falls overboard.

An escaped snake finds many clever places to hide throughout a house, while the boy who brought him home continues to search for him.

The author describes finding an orphaned baby woodchuck and caring for it until it was able to fend for itself in the wild again.

‘[An] irresistible account of a child’s imaginary 8,000-mile journey through the earth to discover what’s inside. Facts about the composition of the earth are conveyed painlessly and memorably.’ —SLJ. ‘An exciting adventure. . . . Illustrations [by Caldecott Medal winner Marc Simont] explode with color and action.’ —CS. Best Books of 1979 (SLJ) Children''s Choices for 1980 (IRA/CBC) A Reading Rainbow Selection

The author records her visit with Koko, a young gorilla in California who uses sign language and who experiences many of the same feelings a child feels.

A program designed for beginning readers who, for one reason or another, don''t naturally learn the skills and strategies demonstrated by their teachers in shared book experiences.

Describes how a scientist courts a whooping crane and how the resulting egg is carefully incubated until it hatches.

John and his family prepare for and experience a hurricane on the East Coast.

Twelve separate tales about various animals and what it is like to be close to them in a variety of situations.

Recounts the tragic story of a battered wife, who in desperation murdered her tormenting husband, and describes how they met and married, and how their relationship deteriorated. Hughes was tried in Lansing, Michigan, and found by a jury of her peers to be not guilty by reason of temporary insanity.

Young elephant learns that he must remember what to forget.