New Releases by Jennifer B. Jones

The bird feeder is knocked down, the pie is missing from the window sill, the fish has been taken from the campfire frying pan. Is there really a bear living under the porch of the Adirondack cottage as young Allie claims, or are the sneaky squirrel, the rascally raccoon, and the daring deer responsible for the disappearing food? This entertaining Adirondack picture book mystery will appeal to young readers and nature enthusiasts of all ages. "Just the bear facts" - factual information about American black bears - appears at the end of this fictional story.

When you''re the shortest guy in the sixth grade, standing tall isn''t easy. Michael Jordan does not play basketball. He''s not named after the Michael Jordan. In fact, he doesn''t resemble an NBA player at all. Michael is the shortest boy in his grade, which is a problem for someone starting middle school. As if being the only boy sitting in the front row of every class photo isn''t bad enough, his younger sister Emma loves pretending that she is his twin-and everyone believes her. Needless to say, Michael worries that the journal entries he must write every week for literature class will immortalize a very bad year. But then an amazing thing happens-Macy, a pretty, blond eighth-grader, starts being very, very nice to him. Why she would go for a shorter, younger guy is a mystery, but Michael isn''t complaining. He just enjoys getting tutored by her (even though he doesn''t need it) and seeing her at his older brother''s soccer games. Who knows where things could go from there? Jennifer B. Jones''s funny, upbeat novel perfectly captures a boy''s nervousness about middle school, girls, and learning to stand up for himself.

In an effort to get his mother to stop writing about him in her books, fifth-grader Harvey and his best friend decide to try to make a romantic connection between her and their school principal.