New Releases by Keith Faulkner

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK • “Sharply, evocatively written and elaborately plotted . . . [Red Square] should find as many friends as did Gorky Park.”—The Washington Post Book World Back from exile in the hellish reaches of the Soviet Union, homicide investigator Arkady Renko discovers that his country, his Moscow, even his job, are nearly dead. But his enemies are very much alive, and foremost among them are the powerful black-market crime lords of the Russian mafia. Hounded by this terrifying new underworld, chased by the ruthless minions of the newly rich and powerful, and tempted by his great love, defector Irina Asanova, Arkady can only hope desperately for escape. But fate has something else in store. “Gripping . . . Smith at his best.”—The Wall Street Journal “A crackling suspense thriller.”—The Boston Globe “Fascinating . . . powerful.”—The Philadelphia Inquirer “Absorbing.”—The New York Times “Extraordinary.”—Time

Imagine um porco com tromba de elefante! O primeiro porco do mundo era assim. E o que ele mais gostava de fazer era andar por aí com o nariz erguido, se exibindo para os outros animais. Mas um dia o porco exibido estava com o nariz tão empinado que nem olhou por onde estava andando. Desde aquele dia os porcos nunca mais foram os mesmos!

When their mother complains about all the lost socks, Max and his brother come up with fantastical reasons for why they are missing.

Young readers move cardboard operating levers located at the edge of each page to set 10 extreme machines in motion. One vivid color illustration shows a deep-sea submersible with its robot arm--and when kids move the lever back and forth, the arm creates the illusion of removing treasure from an ancient shipwreck. Other extreme machines include a crane with steel ball that demolishes an old building, an excavator that loads debris into a dump truck, robotic paint sprayers and lifting devices in a modern auto assembly plant, a monster earth-moving machine, and a robot vehicle exploring the surface of a distant planet. Kids learn how extreme machines do their jobs by moving control tabs. Highly realistic color illustrations are printed on board pages.

If you mix a crab with a penguin, is it a cruin, or a pengab?. But if you mix a shark with an octopus, is it a shapus or an octork?. Bright, zany art, amusing pop-ups and split pages allow you to mix''n''match these fun creatures to create a mad menagerie of crazy creatures with wacky names.

Bertie Bones, Winnie the Witch, the Count, Will the Werewolf and the Mummy have all had a dreadful day''s sleep. They have been kept awake by an awfully spooky sound and can''t find Gus the Ghost anywhere! What could it be?

Learn to do math using the amazing Math Machine and crazy creatures to add and subtract. Includes a slide-the-square for practice.

Meet the Doodle Bugs, Zoon, Buzzy, Leggy, Anty, Shelly, and flutter and learn to draw them, then illustrate your very own mini doodle book.

Meet the Doodle Farm animals, Wooly, Moo, Ducky, Piggy, Cocky, and Billy and learn to draw them, then illustrate your very own mini doodle book.

Hippo''s friends come together to find a cure for his hiccups.

"Caterpillar dreamed that she could fly, but all her friends just laughed at her. Then one day Caterpillar disappeared and her friends found a strange thing hangng from a leaf. To their amazement, it wriggled and split open. Can you guess what came out.?"--Cover.

Lift the flap tale. 2-5 yrs.

Lift the flaps book. 2-5yrs.

Rhyming verse, simple guessing games, lift-the-flaps, and bright illustrations enhance this fact-filled introduction to insects and the world in which they live.

In this combination picture storybook and coin bank, the unusual front cover shows an illustration from the story that''s embellished with five transparent plastic windows. Opening the book, children will find a story about a poor little ballerina who is crying because her dancing shoes are worn and she has no money to replace them. Full color. Consumable.

''O soluço do Lúcio'' é um livro com dobraduras que saltam a cada página. Nelas, conhecemos a história de um hipopótamo que sofre de uma terrível crise de soluço e pede a ajuda dos amigos. Cada um tem uma sugestão para curá-lo - beber água de ponta-cabeça, segundo Tango, o orangotango; prender a respiração, diz a cobra Carol; um puxão na língua é o remédio de dona Neném, a cegonha -, mas nada parece adiantar, muito pelo contrário. Quando todos se unem e pensam junto, chegam à solução perfeita -Lúcio leva um susto que nunca mais esquecerá.

When Elephant and Giraffe disagree over who is bigger, they start an argument over this and other characteristics among their fellow jungle animals. Includes fold-out pages and one pop-up.

Is Crocodile really so sad that he can''t stop crying, or is he just pretending? Monkey, Parrot, Frog and Fish all try to cheer him up, but it seems that nothing will stop him crying! Or are they just crocodile tears?

It''s Christmas Eve, and the carolers think they see Santa Claus. But it isn''t Santa at all. It''s Mom holding a baby! Christmas warmth abounds in this festive book as the young carolers seem to see Santa, a reindeer, and a snowman when they peek into the windows in their neighborhood. Look through the windows in this acetate-window surprise book to find out what the kids are really seeing. Young readers will be delighted with the guessing game, and they''ll keep turning the pages right to the special surprise at the end.