New Releases by Houghton Mifflin

Provides unit word cards from the basic word list to be used for activities to meet the individual needs of students.

The Hummingbirds laugh and enjoy themselves as they work.

A little girl sees everything so clearly with her new glasses.

Children guess who can jump like a frog, waddle like a duck, climb, hide and do all sorts of fun things together.

Rabbit and Turtle decide not to follow a recipe but to use this and that to bake their bread.

A general dictionary of the English language adapted for high school students, including etymologies, biographical entries, geographical entries, usage notes, and synonyms.

When the great god Shao promises Tiger nine cubs each year, Bird comes up with a clever trick to prevent the land from being overrun by tigers.

A vivid and dramatic autobiography that provides exciting and incisive rights into the process of acculturation of a young boy from a relatively simple existence in a Mexican village to a somewhat hectic and complex life in a different culture and in an urban setting.

A medical reference that emphasizes preventive medicine

Discusses the composition of quicksand and rescue procedures.

Accompanying the story about a boy captured by an octopus while fishing are suggestions for writing and illustrating your own story.

Lyle is perfectly happy living with the Primms on East 88th St. until irritable Mr. Grumps next door changes all that.

For use in schools and libraries only. A series about an only child and his huge best friend, a mastiff named Mudge.

By feeling a pea through twenty mattresses and twenty featherbeds, a girl proves she is a real princess.

A cumulative tale relating how the cake came to be made before Mack ate it.

Includes 35,000 synonyms listed and defined, alphabetically arranged and fully cross-referenced; a unique category index; and more. [544p. 4.25 x 6.75]