New Releases by Frank Asch

It''s late at night and Big Gray, the monster cat, is on the prowl. Brother and sister mice Molly and Jake are safe inside the walls of P.S. 42, building their nests. Jake should have listened to Molly''s advice and stayed inside. But he wants nothing to do with the school, class pets, or even kids. While Molly is learning the secret art of X-ray vision from Gino, Jake is getting into trouble on the playground in another tangle with Big Gray. The only place he can find to hide is inside a ketchup bottle...and that''s when the battle begins!

Jake and his sister, Molly, are looking for a new place to live. When the mice discover Public School 42, they wonder if they should make it their new home. But Jake has scary encounters with an owl and the bully cat Big Gray, and wants to go back to his family. Meanwhile, Molly makes friends with a gentle hamster named Gino (who is also a ghost!) and with Miss Clark''s class pets, and wants to stay. Can she convince her brother to live at P.S. 42, even though it is haunted?

A variation on the story of the three little pigs in which a fourth little pig, Ziggy, rescues his brothers from the wolf & takes them to a raft he made from driftwood. While his hardworking brothers carefully secure their houses against the Big Bad Wolf, fun-loving Ziggy--the hitherto unknown fourth little pig--decides to go to the beach. The traditional tale takes a twist when to everyone''s surprise, the Wolf blows in the brick house. The three brothers run for their lives to Ziggy, whose resourcefulness takes the Wolf by surprise and saves the day.

As winter approaches, Mother Bear must bring a snack, a drink, and finally the moon to her cub before he can go to sleep in a cave.

Water is beautiful and useful and, in its many forms, vital to life. In this lyrical companion to The Earth and I, Frank Asch encourages young readers to appreciate anew one of our most precious resources.

Bear tries everything he can think of to get rid of his shadow.

When Baby Bird takes a tumble from her mama''s nest in the middle of the night, she finds a friend in Little Frog.

All the barnyard mothers are crooning their babies to sleep. But what is sweet music to the animals is just noise to the farmer. It isn''t until his own wife sings to their baby that he is able to appreciate the beauty of a lullaby. Lively animal noises and soothing lullaby verses make this a cozy and funny bedtime book. Full color.

The reader can see his/her face in the mirror and pretend to be that animal by making the appropriate facial expressions.

Describes the different types of books Moonbear loves to read: big books, little books, happy books, sad books, thick books, thin books, tall books, short books, old books, new books.

A child explains how he and the Earth dance and sing together and take turns listening to each other.

As they spend the day helping to clean up Otter Creek, two friends learn about the different animals that live there.

A request for a bedtime glass of water results in a fantastic horsey ride with a surprise ending.

Bear and Little Bird try to help each other achieve impossible ambitions.

The last born of nine puppies worries that he will be the last chosen for a pet of a new owner.

When he sees a rainbow for the first time, Bear thinks that the sky is on fire and he is determined to put out the skyfire.

Just before leaving with his family for the move to their new home, Little Bear says goodbye to all his favorite places in and around his old house.

Bear tries everything he can think of to get rid of his shadow.

Summary: A starbaby falls from his home in the sky to earth where he first lives in the ocean and then with a fisherman and his wife.

A little boy describes how he feels about his dog.

No one considers the lion a great fisherman except the special penguin brought into his life by a storm.

A boy proudly wears and finds many uses for the yellow construction hat he found--but eventually its owner appears.