New Releases by Kate McMullan

When winter is at its coldest and darkest, take heart! Every day the sun shines longer, Spring is on its way! All winter, the days grow a little bit longer, The nights grow a little bit shorter, until the day becomes exactly as long as the night. On that day we say... HAPPY SPRINGTIME! This bright, bouncy, and deliriously colorful picture book is an ode to the joys of spring, encouraging everyone who waits out the slow lengthening of days through the end of winter. From earmuffed crossing guards to sweater wearing dogs, from painters of flowers to planters of seeds, Happy Springtime! celebrates the burst of life following the thaw of winter. Boston Globe-Horn Book Award Honoree Kate McMullan''s jubilant love-letter to this exciting time of year is the perfect book to bring in the season of birth and renewal, especially when accompanied by the riotous watercolor illustrations of Sujean Rim.

"A rhyming survey of a number of animals and how they rest or go to sleep, leading up to a child''s own experience of going to bed"--

Perfect for fans of Five Little Monkeys Jump in the Bath, this fun and educational picture book brings together adorable baby animals and bathtime. How do YOU take a bath? Does your mama comb your fur? Do you shake off all your dirt? Do you splash and flap and quack? Do the birdies peck your back? No! Follow elephants, pigs, monkeys, hippos, and more in this charming rhyming picture book from veteran author Kate McMullan. How does a pig take a bath? It sinks in the mud! What about a chicken? It thrashes about in dust! And a cat? Why, it licks itself clean, of course! Sydney Hanson''s adorable illustrations toggle neatly between animals in nature grooming themselves and humorous depictions of children attempting the animals'' bathing tactics. By the end of the book, the child finally makes his way to the bathtub, no mud baths or lick baths about it!

From the popular creators of I Stink! and I’m Dirty!—now a streaming animated series—comes the perfect school-time addition to their noisy series: a school bus! Smarter than a rocket scientist, more powerful than a monster truck, able to halt traffic with the flick of a switch! Drive you to school and keeps you safe! Who am I? Your school bus, that’s who! I’m Smart! is the latest A+ addition to Kate and Jim McMullan’s hilarious read-aloud series.

Now a streaming animated series! This construction vehicle with an attitude loves every second of his dirty job! For fans of Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site and Steam Train, Dream Train comes a noisy addition to the hilarious read-aloud series from Kate and Jim McMullan, the popular creators of I''m Bad! and I Stink! Clank! Rattle! Bang! Who''s making all that noise? Backhoe Loader, reporting for duty.

Détrompez-vous! Zeus déforme toujours la vérité afin de mieux paraître. L’histoire que vous connaissez racontait probablement que Zeus a conquis les Titans sans l’aide de personne afin de devenir maître de l’Univers. Mais ce n’est pas exactement ce qui s’est passé. Zeus n’a pas mentionné de partie de poker dans sa version, n’est-ce pas?

For fans of Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site and Steam Train, Dream Train comes the perfect noisy addition to this hilarious read-aloud series from the popular creators of I''m Bad!, I Stink!, and I''m Dirty!: a fire truck. I''m Brave! is the most irresistible addition yet to Kate and Jim McMullan''s hilarious read-aloud series. He''s a big red engine With a siren, A horn, A tank full of water, And a whole lotta hose! He''s a good-lookin'' fire truck, And he''s brave, too. When the alarm sounds Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeoooooooooo He''s gotta drive through Smoke and heat Straight to a blazing fire! Honk! Honk!

In this updated version of Greek mythology, Hades, King of the Underworld, reveals the truth about Helen of Troy and the Trojan War.

In this humorous version of Greek mythology, Hades, King of the Underworld, tells the true story of Odysseus and his ten-year journey home from Troy.

Pearl and Wagner have only five days left in the school year with their awesome teacher, Ms. Star, and Pearl is not excited about next year''s teacher, Ms. Bean. Pearl imagines taking spelling tests with super-hard words, doing one hundred jumping jacks every morning, and counting backward--by sevens! Pearl announces she''s going to stay in Ms. Star''s class forever. But is Ms. Bean as bad as she seems? The delightful fifth book in the Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor-winning series shows how a best friend and a new perspective can change everything.

In Kate McMullan''s first My America book, the drama and adventure of the American prairie come to life when Meg must leave her family and move to Kansas to avoid the St. Louis cholera epidemic. Margaret Cora Wells is a resilient young girl living in St. Louis where cholera has become an epidemic. When her mother and sister get sick, Meg wants only to tend to them. But, in an effort to protect his children, her father sends Meg and her brother, Preston, to their relatives on the Kansas prairie for the summer. After an adventurous journey, Meg and Preston arrive in Kansas where they learn about life in another part of the country, and even more about the politics of the time. Meg is sweet and strong with a deep moral sense and a real sense of humor.

In Book Two of Meg''s Prairie Diary, Meg Wells is joined by the rest of her family on the Kansas prairie, where they fight alongside the Abolitionists to keep Kansas a free state. In Kate McMullan''s second book of Meg''s Prairie Diary, Meg''s family is reunited on the prairie. Their new life is soon jeopardized by not only the struggle against slavery and those who would have Kansas be a slave state, but also a devastating fire that threatens to destroy their home. But Meg''s strong spirit helps her overcome the hardships of life on the prairie.Kate McMullan has once again made Meg a brave and sweet character girls will love.

In her third and final diary, by Kate McMullan, Meg continues to face the hardships of life on the prairie with her brave and sweet spirit.Meg continues to describe the daily realities on the prairie as she and her family make their lives in Kansas. Throughout these times of difficulty and joy, Meg is always courageous and thoughtful.

Pearl and Wagner are back, and they are full of secrets: Wagner tells Pearl an embarrassing secret, Pearl tells Wagner a surprising secret, and Lulu tells Wagner a secret that turns out not to be a secret at all. On a school field trip and at a birthday party, Pearl and Wagner learn that some secrets can bring friends closer together, while others can cause all sorts of trouble. In the end, no secret will ever come between Pearl and Wagner! Beginning readers will laugh and recognize a little of themselves on every page of this charming, warm, and funny book about friendship.

Wagner has been fooled by just about everyone this April Fools'' Day--his best friend Pearl, his teacher, and even the librarian. Tired of being on the receiving end of all the pranks, Wagner is determined to have the last laugh. This easy-to-read installment of the Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor-winning Pearl and Wagner series promises a whole lot of giggles for young readers!

It''s Graduation Day at DSA! Fans have been requesting another DSA book for years. And here it is! While money-hungry headmaster Mordred is busy planning DSA''s conversion into a deluxe casino, Wiglaf and his friends are on a mission to find their dragon buddy Worm. Unsuccessful in their quest, the group returns to see the school set up for a surprise graduation. Will Worm reunite with his friends before the doors close? And what comes next for the young knights in training? Find out in the much anticipated finale to McMullan''s hilarious fantasy series.

While Wiglaf and his friends search for their dragon, Worm, DSA''s money-hungry headmaster, Mordred, is turning the school into a casino, rushing all of the students through graduation and out on their own.

Level 3. Pearl and Wagner are two good friends who make a trash-eating robot together, impress a judge at the science fair, and tell each other the truth (even when it hurts!). They may be two very different individuals - Pearl, a hardworking rabbit and Wagner, a daydreaming mouse - but they know how to make up and stay good friends no matter what. This easy-to-read book is the first book in the Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor-winning Pearl and Wagner series.

Young readers will love spending a hilarious day with Bulldog and his friends as he tries to find the perfect job. Readers get a glimpse of the inner workings of a fire station, a bookstore, a sign store, and a window washing company. But in the end, it is Bulldog''s love of making cookies that helps him find out what he is truly great at. McMullan''s simple words paired with Lemaitre''s countless objects create an exciting new picture book about the people and places around us.

He''s a great big sauropod. He''s a whole lotta lizard. And he''s . . . lost. Have you seen his herd? Help the big guy find his pals—before he becomes lunch for some hungry predators. Yikes!

The genius of New Yorker cartoonist George Booth''s illustrations and Kate McMullan''s storytelling comes together for a classic back-to-school gem.

When Wiglaf and crew visit the Home for Aged Knights, they think they¿ll play a few games of medieval Bingo and leave. But it turns out that Grizzlegore, the world¿s oldest living dragon, is in the neighborhood and stirring up trouble! Includes black-and-white illustrations and book preview. Chapter Book: 9 chapters.

Wiglaf, star reporter for The DSA News, decides to follow around the headmaster and write a feature about him. But when he and Angus overhear Mordred whispering about ¿a kidnapping¿ and ¿gold,¿ the boys decide to investigate and end up getting much more than a newspaper story. Includes black-and-white illustrations. Chapter Book: 10 chapters.

Wiglaf and his friends Angus and Erica find themselves teamed with the obnoxious Bragwort to represent the Dragon Slayers'' Academy in an unevenly matched contest at the All-Schools Brain-Power Tournament.

When the headmaster of the Dragon Slayers'' Academy hears that Princess Belcheena will pay the matchmaker who finds her a husband, he decides that Wiglaf is the perfect candidate.

Alarmed by a prophecy that the world will end with the arrival of the year 1000, the students of Dragon Slayers'' Academy get some advice from Zack, a boy who has traveled back from 1999.

After the witch, Morgana le Fay, puts a curse on Sir Lancelot, three knights-in-training from the Dragon Slayers'' Academy set out to save him.

Something BIG is going on in the woods near DSA! Wiglaf and his friends are on a rescue mission to save Worm, the dragon they’ve raised since he hatched. They thought that a gang of knights-in- training was the problem, but it turns out that it’s a little girl GIANT! The DSA kids can’t let Worm become her house pet. But how can they free him?

When Wade loses his tooth and fluffy finds it in his cage, he embarks on a nighttime mission to get the tooth under Wade''s pillow. With the tooth fairy, it''s "No tooth, no present!"