New Releases by Harry Allard

Late one Friday the 13th in November, Miss Nelson gets an alarming anonymous telephone call. She then takes an ill-starred short cut through the dilapidated and soon-to-be-razed Old East Wing. There she stumbles upon something that almost unhinges her mind and that causes her to swoon. But luckily for her, exactly one week later, and at the very same hour and in the very same spot, an old friend of hers surfaces who, putting her shoulder to the wheel, quickly unmasks the malevolent telephone caller who is bound and determined to oust Miss Nelson from Room 207, nudging her into early retirement, and -with luck- sending her packing to a hospital, clinic, or cozy nursing home specializing in nerve cases. The plot foiled, both Miss Nelson and her tenebrous alter ego, Miss Swamp, turn up trumps again and carry the day.

The three classic school stories. Accept no substitute. More than forty years ago Viola Swamp slinked into Room 207 at Horace B. Smedley School and whipped Miss Nelson''s terrible, rude, worst-class-in-the-whole-school students into shape. In the intervening generations since the publication of Miss Nelson Is Missing , millions of children have been fascinated by the legend of Miss Swamp. A diabolical creation from the minds of Harry G. Allard and James Marshall, Miss Nelson''s alter ego illuminates the folly of misbehavior through amazing feats of disguise. And she''s never been more hilarious than now For the first time ever, Miss Nelson Is Missing , Miss Nelson Is Back, and Miss Nelson Has a Field Day are available in one volume. This comical, collectable treasury of stories is a must-have for teachers and their mischievous students everywhere.

With antic illustrations by renowned cartoonist Booth, Allard''s funny story about a hen who dreams of becoming a high-fashion model in Paris or Milan is sure to crack up even the most hard-boiled of readers. Full color.

A nearsighted armadillo meets an ostracized snake in the desert and, not realizing what kind of animal she is, helps her open a bakery.

Mona is having a party tonight. There''s music and dancing, cake and ice cream. Everyone is invited except Potter Pig. Potter crashes the party in a host of disguises, but Mona isn''t fooled. Then Potter discovers why his friend is mad at him, and they make up--only to break up again.

The kids in Room 207 take advantage of their teacher''s good nature until she disappears and they are faced with a vile substitute.

The Hummingbirds laugh and enjoy themselves as they work.

In an attempt to avoid a visit from Uncle Carbuncle, the Stupids fly off in their airplane to visit several other relatives who are just as stupid as they are.

Suggests activities to be used in the classroom to accompany the reading of Miss Nelson is missing and Miss Nelson is back by Harry Allard.

Librarian from the black lagoon: A class plans their first visit to the library.

Dudley Stork enlists his friends to help rid his house of things that go bump in the night.

Miss Nelson must leave her class for a little while, and out of boredom the children begin to act up. Miss Nelson finds out about this and calls on her evil friend, the witch, Miss Viola Swamp. Just as in the previous book in this series (Miss Nelson is Missing), Miss Swamp puts More...the children''s mischief to bed, and gets the kids working hard again

The Stupid family thinks they are dead when the lights go out. "Excellent pacing, concise, witty prose, and artwork perfectly suited to the text." -- School Library Journal, starred review

Fenimore B. Buttercrunch''s repeated attempts to go to market are met with obstacles.

The Stupid family celebrates the children''s awful report cards by inviting their relatives to a costume party. "Everybody''s pet crazies make a return appearance in Allard''s story and Marshall''s color cartoons, the sequel to their hit The Stupids Step Out." -- Publishers Weekly

Suggests activities to be used at home to accompany the reading of Miss Nelson is missing by Harry Allard in the classroom.

Cuthbert Q. Devine tries to hide the fact that he is a wolf with a shady past by becoming the companion to a kind old man and his pets.

A lonely vulture and a four thousand-year-old mummy help each other adjust to the demands of twentieth-century life.

Four private eyes investigate a plot to keep everyone in Washington, D.C., from eating their ice cream.

When the Stupid family decides to go out, they do so in typically stupid fashion.