New Releases by Jean Lee Latham

When his family is moving, Skipper the dog misses a ride in both the truck and the car, and must find his family. A story to be read with children supplying the noise on the dog''s barking.

Adventures of the piratical Elizabethan mariner who contributed enormously to the growth of sixteenth-century English sea power.

A fictionalized biography of the mathematician and astronomer who realized his childhood desire to become a ship''s captain and wrote "The American Practical Navigator."

A biography of the man who rose from debt to amass a small fortune, and became the driving force behind the successful laying of the first transatlantic telegraph cable.

In 1607, a fifteen-year-old boy joins the expeditionary force that hopes to establish a permanent English colony in Virginia.

Young adult biography of Maury, US naval officer and oceanographer from Virginia who resigned his position when Virginia seceeded and became Commander of the Confederate States Navy and spokesperson for the Southern cause in England.

At the height of a rebellion in a South American country, a young woman is left in the family compound just miles from a the site of a fierce battle. Her only companion is Gina, a long-term family servant. Nearly a month earlier, they heard someone knocking on the gate and found a wounded soldier there. They''ve been nursing him since, and it appears that his sight is nearly restored, but he still can''t remember who he is or what cause he supported.

Christmas is coming and everyone in the Brown family is getting ready. Father just brought home the Santa suit as he promised Mother, and decides to hide it in the toy box, because no one looks at old toys just before Christmas. Mother thinks of another place for the box, and then the children discover the box and must find a place to hide it.

Cynthia and Jimmy have been married for six months, and sometimes Cynthia needs a little help from Ma to keep their marriage running smoothly. Right now, Jimmy is determined to eat Ma''s cookies, not salads with maraschino cherries! Meanwhile, Pa tells Jimmy a little secret.