New Releases by Harriet Rohmer

This inspiring book presents the true stories of 12 people from across North America who have done great things for the environment. Heroes include a teenage girl who figured out how to remove an industrial pollutant from the Ohio River, a Mexican superstar wrestler who works to protect turtles and whales, and a teenage boy from Rhode Island who helped his community and his state develop effective e-waste recycling programs. Plenty of photographs and illustrations bring each compelling story vividly to life.

Reprinted in a large-format, English/Spanish bilingual paperback edition, a School Library Journal and Library of Congress Best Books of the Year selection describes a little girl''s childhood in a traditional Mexican-American community. Reprint.

Mr. Sugar uses his truck of sweet goodies to lure Alicia and Alfredo away from nutritious foods, but Grandma Lupe is not fooled by him.

Retells the Zapotec legend of Lucia Zenteno, a beautiful woman with magical powers who is exiled from a mountain village and takes its water away in punishmen.

Retells the Zapotec legend of Lucia Zenteno, a beautiful woman with magical powers who is exiled from a mountain village and takes its water away in punishment.

Retells the Zapotec legend of Lucia Zenteno, a beautiful woman with magical powers who is exiled from a mountain village and takes its water away in punishment.

Bilingual story in English and Spanish about a villainous sugar merchant who is unmasked by grandma.

An Aztec legend recounting how a giant red ant helped the ancient god, Quetzalcoatl, bring corn to the first, hungry people of the earth.

An Aztec myth recounting the creation and destruction of the world by the deities of the four great elements.

This Miskito Indian legend set in 17th-century Nicaragua illustrates the impact of the first European traders on traditional life.

A brave, young Miskitu Indian follows his wife from the land of the living to the spirit world. Bilingual in English and Spanish.

This Miskito Indian legend set in seventeenth-century Nicaragua illustrates the impact of the first European traders on traditional life.

A Taino Indian legend about a young boy and his search for the healing caimoni tree.

Retells the story of a boy who achieves happiness and wealth with the help of his magical horse.

Originally from a Cuna Indian song, this legend describes the life and inhabitants of Uncle Shark''s house below the sea.

An Aymara Indian legend relating how Viracocha, the creator of the world, repopulated the world after the great flood of antiquity.

Retells the story of Na Ha and how he destroyed the underwater creatures who terrorized the Yahgan Indians.

Retells the story of a boy who achieves happiness and wealth with the help of his magical horse.

A collection of twenty-five short stories that tell how things began, why they changed, and how they came to be what they are today.