New Releases by KATHRYN CRISTALDI

Illus. in full color. Samantha wears a fur coat and a designer hat. She''s got a limousine, an indoor pool, and a mom who looks like a movie star. What a snob! That''s what the narrator of this story thinks. Then she discovers that she and Samantha have a lot in common--including their squirt-gun rings!

A young orphan discovers a whole new world when she comes to live with her widowed uncle and invalid cousin, in a mysterious old house with a secret.

Illus. in full color. A shortstop in a tutu? Not if she can help it! Forced by her mother into taking ballet lessons, a die-hard tomboy discovers that there''s team spirit at the barre as well as on the baseball diamond.

Traveling through the jungle with his friend, Celeste, Babar, the young king of the elephants, meets Zephir, the monkey, and some hungry crocodiles