New Releases by Lenny Hort

This beautiful book combines lively text and stunning illustrations to bring stories of the Hebrew tradition alive. All the key events in the Hebrew Bible are clearly told in this superb collection of biblical stories for children. There are also four new stories, including "Ezekiel and the Dry Bones" and "Ezra Shares God''s Word". It also features the key characters and tells their tales: Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden; Cain and Abel; Noah on the Ark; and the patriarchs. Psalms and poetry are also included, and pages on "Life in Egypt" and "Life in Canaan" - along with glossaries of people and places in the Bible - bring the stories of ancient tradition to life. In the book''s foreword, the authors say that we are encouraged to think for ourselves: "The stories of the Bible... can be understood in many ways and on many different levels [and] as we grow up and change, we can see new questions in each story... To write the stories in this book, we looked at the Bible and asked many, many questions. How? What? When? Who? And of course, why? Why, why, why? And why not?" The authors'' perfectly pitched retellings aren''t simply an introduction to the Bible - they inspire the next generation to carry on the tradition.

A look at dinosaurs and what scientists know about them and the mysteries that may never be solved.

A biography of the first black South African president, who spent twenty-seven years in jail for his political beliefs, discusses the struggle to end apartheid, his country''s former system of racial segregation and oppression.

George Washington is often called the father of our country. He beat the odds to lead the Continental Army to victory in the Revolutionary War, served as first president of the United States, and then retired from public life to farm Virginia''s largest plantation. In this groundbreaking new series, DK brings together fresh voices and DK design values to give readers the most information-packed, visually exciting biographies on the market today. Full-color photographs of people, places, and artifacts, and sidebars on related subjects add dimension and relevance to stories of famous lives that students will love to read. Modern scholarship and a variety of narrative approaches give today''s reader a chance to explore the extraordinary world of George Washington. This new way of looking at classic subjects creates a unique reading experience that breathes life into the book-report and summer-reading repertoire. Supports the Common Core State Standards.

A biography of the commander-in-chief of the Continental Army and first president of the United States, George Washington,including illustrations of people, places, and artifacts of the times.

This hilarious new version of the beloved children''s song "The Wheels on the Bus" will have young readers errping and roaring and honking along. "The seals on the bus go "errp, errp, errp" All through the town." Two children and their parents board a city bus on their way to a party. At the next stop, who should get on but a group of seals, who holler "errp, errp, errp" at the top of their lungs. Each time the bus stops a new kind of animal joins the passengers and adds to the din, to the children''s delight and the parents'' annoyance. But when several hissing skunks want to come aboard, even the children cry "help! help! help!"

A snorkeling baby asks other undersea-creature-costumed babies if they have seen a treasure.

Babies in animal costumes visit a variety of animals, from flamingos to gorillas, for some picture taking.

In this ludicrous collection of nonsensical poems, dogs purr, people eat soup with a knife, and a baby girl has a mustache. Full color.

Provides instructions for setting up and carrying treasure and scavenger hunt games and includes treasure-related facts and puzzles.

Mama''s away one night, and her son can''t sleep. He tries to relax by counting stars, but the more of them he sees, the more determined he is to count every single one. Then the boy finds that Daddy can''t sleep either. Together, the two of them set off on an unforgettable all-night journey of discovery.

When the Caliph of Baghdad finds himself trapped in the body of a stork, only the evil sorcerer with designs on his throne knows the magic word that will restore the Caliph to his human form.

Jan had never done anything more heroic then shout for the guard beacuse he''d imagined he''d seen a sea serpent. But when Jan discovers water trickling through a desolate stretch of the dike that protects his low-lying village, he knows that he has to act quickly. Full color.