New Releases by JAN ORMEROD

Joe shows how he can count to ten by counting animals, from one fish to ten piglets.

A young girl engages in a midnight romp with pillows from around the house.

Readers can find the missing puppies by turning colorful acetate pages.

Hide and seek novelty book

It''s party time for ten children, each one celebrating a different birthday from first to tenth. This is an introduction to the concept of numbers.

Getting dressed can be a colourful experience and so too can getting dirty. This is an introduction to the concept of colour.

When Mom comes back from shopping, a baby enjoys going through her shopping basket.

Touring the zoo, two children pet, ride, and observe a variety of animals.

A girl feeds, plays with, and admires her kitten, who will some day become a grown-up cat, a "sit-upon-my-lap cat."

Baby and cat have a lot of fun playing with a saucepan.

When Baby gets a nose cold, Mom cheers him up by showing him the noses on a doll, cat, and teddy bear.

When Mom comes back from shopping, a baby enjoys going through her shopping basket.

A pregnant mother does her exercises together with her small baby and the cat.

A baby plays with cloth, thread, buttons, and other materials while his pregnant mother is using them to make a doll for him.

In this illustrated book, Jan Ormerod uses animals to highlight the special qualities which make each child unique.

Even though her baby brother is bald like an egg and moves like a puppy, a little girl decides that he is really just like her.

Even though her baby brother is bald like an egg and moves like a puppy, a little girl decides that he is really just like her.

Joe does not want one fish, two frogs, three mice, or even nine lambs--he just wants one puppy.

Dad comes home and plays with baby.

A baby does his best to get his sleeping father''s attention.

In brilliant costumes on a brightly lit stage, a cast of children act out the story of Chicken Licken, who thought the sky had fallen on her poor little head. She sets out to tell the king and is joined by all her friends. This book tells an old story in a new and highly original way.

''Dad does his best to straighten up after a messy baby''.

Baby plays over, under, and around Dad while he is reading.

A selection of nursery rhymes with a picture story running along the background of three pre-school siblings going through the day.

Billy, his big sister Jilly, and their mother all find different situations alarming and must try to be brave.

It''s nighttime, and the little girl from the companion book Sunshine is now winding down her day: she eats her dinner, takes a bath, and says good-night to her dolls. Her dad reads her a bedtime story, but she''s not quite ready to go to sleep - she gets up for a glass of water, a hug, a reading session with her mom, and then, when both of her parents fall asleep, she''s ready for bed again. Kids love routines and will be able to see themselves in this simple, wordless illustrated story.