New Releases by Laura Murray

When the Gingerbread Man joins the children who made him on a school field trip to a fire station, he escapes being eaten by Spot the Dalmatian and rides along to a fire.

A very smart cookie is doing the chasing in this sweet and funny twist on the classic tale. When a class leaves for recess, their just-baked Gingerbread Man is left behind. But he''s a smart cookie and heads out to find them. He''ll run, slide, skip, and (after a mishap with a soccer ball) limp as fast as he can because: "I can catch them! I''m their Gingerbread Man!" With help from the gym teacher, the nurse, the art teacher and even the principal, the Gingerbread Man does find his class, and he''s assured they''ll never leave him behind again. Teachers often use the Gingerbread Man story to introduce new students to the geography and staff of schools, and this fresh, funny twist on the original can be used all year long. Look for all of this hilarious Gingerbread Man''s adventures: The Gingerbread Man Loose at School, The Gingerbread Man Loose on the Fire Truck, The Gingerbread Man Loose at Christmas, The Gingerbread Man Loose at the Zoo, and The Gingerbread Man and the Leprechaun Loose at School!

With StarBuilder Inspirations, Laura Murray''s breakthrough method puts breathtaking stars within the reach of everyday quilters and sewers. Laura''s simple recipe of paint, cut, and fuse opens the door to a galaxy of possibilities.

The purpose of this qualitative descriptive study was to describe the experiences of adolescent fathers. Data generation methods were face-to-face, audio taped interviews involving a purposive sample of eight fathers aged 18 to 21 years. Participants included seniors in high school, graduates from high school, and the recipient of a graduation equivalency diploma (GED). The participants were ethnically diverse. All participants supported their children financially and most participants were co-parenting with their birth partner. Five major categories of meaning emerged from the data: The Life You Once Lived is No Longer, A New Somebody, Much More Responsibility, Connections, and Looking Back - and Ahead. Fatherhood was a catalyst for positive change for participants and made them feel good about themselves. Participants expressed challenges and frustrations, but felt they were needed by their children and wanted to be involved in their lives. Findings enhance understanding of the experiences of adolescent fathers.

During a life characterised by change, Wendy Stavrianos has developed a complex iconography relating to particular ''sites of meaning'' within her physical and psychological landscape. Her ability to tap into the ''archaic dreaming soul'' of earth has given her work a mythic potency that is consistent with Aboriginal art yet also reveals her Celtic-Spanish background and the influence of the European old masters.

This book brings together sixty of the best known paintings by Australian artists. They include: Joseph Lycett, John Glover, Henry Gritten, Eugene von Guerard, Nicholas Chevalier, Conrad Martens, W. C. Piguenit, William Strutt, Tom Roberts, Frederick McCubbin, Charles Conder, Arthur Streeton, Julian Ashton, David Davies, Sydney Long, Jane Sutherland, Tudor St George Tucker, Rupert Bunny, Max Meldrum, E. Phillips-Fox, Elioth Gruner, Roland Wakelin, George Lambert, Margaret Preston, Clarice Beckett, Roy de Maistre, Hans Heysen, Grace Cossington Smith, William Frater, Charles Meere, Kenneth Macqueen, Sidney Nolan, Russell Drysdale, William Dobell, Arthur Boyd, Albert Namatjira, John Brack, John Perceval, Godfrey Miller, Ralph Balson, Lloyd Rees, John Coburn, Jeffrey Smart, Fred Williams, Brett Whiteley, William Delafield Cook, Justin O''Brien and Colin Lanceley.