New Releases by Jan Wahl

A story about the famous Hollywood actress Hedy Lamarr that showcases her scientific achievements and uplifts girls everywhere.

As a hunter sets out early one morning, he is greeted by the sights and sounds of autumn in the forest. Leaves rustle. A rabbit darts out. Finches fly overhead. When he comes across the deer he has been seeking, the hunter watches. He waits. And then he does something unexpected. Weaving a story of quiet reverence for nature as the artwork imbues the wooded scenes with a lifelike interplay of light and shadow, The Hunter captures the radiance of a perfect fall day.

La otra tarde salí un rato con papá a dar un paseo y conocí a un dinosaurio al entrar en el museo.

This illustrated memoir shares a rare inside look at the legendary director’s process and vision during the filming of his award-winning masterpiece. Danish director Carl Theodor Dreyer is considered one of the most influential filmmakers in cinematic history. His 1955 film Ordet (The World) won numerous prizes, including the Venice Film Festival’s Golden Lion. In 1954, Dreyer invited young film student Jan Wahl to accompany him during this classic work. This captivating account of Wahl''s time with the director is based on Wahl''s daily journal and transcriptions of his conversations with Dreyer. Offering a glimpse into the filmmaker''s world, Wahl fashions a portrait of Dreyer as a man, mentor, friend, and director. Wahl''s detailed account is supplemented by exquisite photos of the filming and by selections from Dreyer''s papers, including his notes on film style, his introduction for the actors before the filming of Ordet, and a visionary lecture he delivered at Edinburgh.

A little boy who is not pleased with his own artistic efforts but treasures his great-grandmother''s drawing goes on to collect art throughout his life.

Brooks and Wahl had a special, roller-coaster relationship lasting 20-odd years. Their intense friendship continued by letter and in person. The letters from Brooks reveal much of her inner personality--her insights and anecdotes make fascinating, compelling reading.

Noted children''s author Jan Wahl has led a storybook life-much of it connected to Arts and Movies. THROUGH A LENS DARKLY invites you to share personal encounters with many luminaries from the Golden Age of Entertainment. You are treated to revelations about Gloria Swanson, Isak Dinesen, Robert Mitchum, Rita Hayworth, and more. His essays will charm and mesmerize. Join him as he sheds light on the artistic contributions of lesser-known personalities like animators Hugh Harman and Rudy Ising-and legendary dancer Paul Swan. Navigating his life is truly an adventure. Journey to Denmark with him as he participates in the now classic film Ordet by the great director Carl Th. Dreyer. Come along as Jan relives a poignant twenty-year friendship with Louise Brooks. Enjoy his sense of humor as Mae West chases him out of her dressing room-and feel his shock as he almost kills Greta Garbo. You will come away from this book knowing why Jan Wahl is, as one child has put it, "America''s Best Otter."

A wild bear escapes capture and returns to his beloved home in the mountains, where he enjoys dancing to the sounds of nature.

When a boy and his aunt find that a bigot has written hurtful words on the sidewalk just outside the candy shop owned by "Miz Chu", a new immigrant from Taiwan, they set out to comfort her.

Humphrey has wonderful adventures with his toy bear after they go to bed at night, just as his father did before him.

Illustrations and rhyming text extol the joys of a wondrous sled ride.

A little witch sitting alone at her spinning wheel hears a knock at her door, but the various body parts that enter are not much company.

It''s not easy being a rabbit nowadays. Carrots are hard to find, traffic is dangerous, and big rabbit-chasing dogs are plentiful! Where can a rabbit go to escape the chaos of modern life? For three hassled hares, there''s just one solution--they''re heading to Mars! On Mars there''s no traffic, there are fields of giant carrots, and the dogs are all rabbit-friendly. But is too much of a good thing, just too much?

In this enchanting bedtime tale, a young boy is carried through the magical world of elves. Elves dance through his imagination--riding on crickets and skipping in starlight, spinning on toadstools and sliding on moonbeams. Perfect for bedtime and nap time, this gentle tale will delight readers of all ages.

A young girl is happy with her parents and her toys, but things change when her baby brother is born.

A field mouse finds himself in the Field Museum when the roof of his former home is transported there with the rest of the bones of a dinosaur named Sue.

Little Johnny Buttermilk must escape from the witch who keeps trying to steal his pails of milk, until finally he outwits her once and for all.

Rosa is hard of hearing and she relies on her parrot, Pico, to repeat things loudly for her, but sometimes Pico takes advantage of Rosa to create mischief.

When the unscrupulous Mr. Squink steals the moon from the sky, Jennie the dog comes running to the rescue.

After a visit to a museum of natural history, a young girl begins to see dinosaurs everywhere.

When his vanity and greed cause him to needlessly kill animals, Corn Grower almost loses his precious life with his wife, Moon-Sun, and their son, Small Ears.

Professor Mickimecki and juvenile genius Melvin Spitznagle use their marvelous invention, the Bobomobile--part-submarine, part-tank--to cross the Atlantic Ocean to uncover the mystery of the Loch Ness Monster. Reprint.

When she lets lots of cats into her house to get rid of the mice that are keeping her awake, old Mrs. Mudge finds that she has a new problem on her hands.

On the day before Christmas, Emily waits for the first snowflake to fall.

Getting the idea from a great inventor who has settled in his town, a young mechanical wizard invents a device that enables him to fly his bicycle on a rescue mission which makes him a great hero.

Lisa loves to hear Grandma Pinky tell stories about the old days, but she worries when Grandma becomes forgetful about more recent activities.

Sylvester Bear desperately wants to escape his wife''s snoring but soon realizes it is truly music to his ears.

Mother Elephant teaches her child to forage for food, bathe in the water, and play where it is safe.

Inspired by a mysterious stranger, Uillame starts a children''s crusade to stop the wars that have called away their fathers, uncles, and brothers.