New Releases by Florence Parry Heide

Beasley, a rather portly hippopotamus, is afraid that he is too huge to be good at anything, until he enters a contest he simply cannot lose.

Timothy Twinge, a fearful worrier, discovers his own bravery after meeting an unusual visitor.

A ten-year-old Lebanese boy goes to school, helps his mother with chores, plays with his friends, and lives with his family in a basement shelter when bombings occur and fighting begins on his street.

Available for the first time in one volume, this trilogy contains three complete, entertaining adventures of the lovable child Treehorn: The Shrinking of Treehorn, Treehorn''s Treasure, and Treehorn''s Wish.

Pulcifer''s preference for books is considered a grave problem by the television-addicted world around him.

A collection of twenty-one humorous poems, about monsters and their ilk.

When high school senior Wendy alienates all her friends, her sister finds the reason for Wendy''s puzzling behavior in her secret love poems.

Jonah et Goober, les deux amis de "Banane", roman publié en 1984, se retrouvent tous deux à l''école Fairlee. Un concours de l''émission Banana blitz capte leur attention et bouleverse leur régime.

When his mother goes to the hospital to have a baby, Noah''s worst fears about a baby around the house are realized when he goes to stay with Bib and her family.

Television and candy bar addict Jonah, arriving at Fairlee School, thinks his problems will be over if he can just win the prize offered by the American Banana Institute for watching its commercials.

On his birthday Treehorn finds a genie in a bottle and is granted the standard number of wishes.

Noah is afraid that life in the suburbs will be boring until he meets a clever girl named Bib and an unusual house painter naemd Bruce Dooster.

The Spotlight Club detectives go on vacation and discover, on a forgotten island, someone who needs their help and an apparent friend who suddenly shows his true colors as an enemy.

In this adventure of the Spotlight Club, a loyal dog helps Cindy escape from a root cellar where she''s been trapped by an armored car robber who thinks she knows too much.

Chester Manchester''s seemingly bizarre behavior arouses the suspicions of the members of the Spotlight Club.

Liza discovers a body wearing Mr. Greening''s jogging jacket, but when she returns to the scene with a friend, the body is gone and later, Mr. Greening is wearing the jacket. Is he a murderer?

Halted on their bus trip by a winter blizzard, Cindy and Jay learn of a crime being plotted and embark on a treacherous mission to warn the intended victim.

Jonah D. Krock is addicted to TV and sweets, detests exercise and creepy people, and is determined not to get tangled up with his oddball neighbor, Goober Grube.

The discovery of an ancient mummy mask involves the Spotlight Club detectives with unscrupulous art dealers and danger.

Theophile vient de recevoir son argent de poche, un billet d''un dollar. Il décide de cacher le billet au creux d''un arbre. Quelques temps plus tard, les feuilles de l''arbre se transforment en billets d''un dollar.

For one brief day the leaves of the maple tree in Treehorn''s backyard turn into dollar bills.

Liza and Logan investigate a spiritualist they believe is trying to cheat their neighbor out of her inheritance.

Eddie tries to distract Alice from watching TV but even a monster can''t get her away from the television set.

The Spotlight Club detectives discover strange happenings and stage a thrilling rescue on a forgotten island in the north woods.

Théophile ne cesse de rétrécir. Son entourage se montre indifférent à ce phénomène. Théophile, abandonné à lui-même, doit trouver seul la solution à son problème. Ce conte humoristique illustre la solitude de l''enfant au sein de notre société et l''incite à s''affirmer.