New Releases by Lisa Campbell Ernst

Profiles a range of common household objects--from soap and scissors to keys and toilets--to explain the basic principles of how they function.

She''s fast. She''s feisty. And she outsmarted that sly fox in her boisterous debut. Now the gingerbread girl is back with a new batch of friends - the animal crackers! They don''t want to listen to the Gingerbread Girl''s advice, even though she is one smart cookie. But they''d better watch it, or they''ll all become treats for that trickster fox. With fun twists on the classic refrain plus big, candy-colored illustrations, this is one sweet treat.

"Learn about everything in your backyard from birds to butterflies and wagons to wheels"--P. [4] of cover.

When Sylvia Jean''s scout troop sets out to earn their Good-Deed badges, the boisterous girl pig knows just what to do: take care of her old, injured neighbor. Unfortunately, Sylvia Jean''s over-the-top energy proves too much for the ailing Mrs. VanHooven, whose doctor has prescribed peace, quiet, and no Sylvia Jean. Not to be deterred, the crafty pig scout heads straight to her handy dandy costume closet, and soon Mrs. VanHooven is visited by an artist, a cowboy, a ballerina, and others. But how will Sylvia Jean earn her badge if she can''t take credit for her good deed?

A snowy day brings many fun surprises

Like her older brother, the Gingerbread Boy, who was eventually devoured by a fox, the Gingerbread Girl eludes the many people who would like to eat her but also has a plan to escape her sibling''s fate.

A father''s work is never....

Sylvia Jean has an amazing costume for every occasion, but when a party is announced with a prize for the best costume, she cannot think of what to wear.

At every turn these letters are full of surprises. Imagine! What other things can you discover hiding in the alphabet?

One day the earth gets a warm wake-up call from the sun -- it''s Spring! Earth tells a little worm, and before long the happy gossip travels far and wide. . . . Lisa Campbell Ernst celebrates the awakening of life that comes with Spring. Her playful words and pictures resonate with the cheeriness that rises with the season.

An alphabet book in which each letter becomes three different objects as the book is turned different directions, as when A becomes a bird''s beak, a drippy ice cream cone, and the point of a star.

Born to be a cowgirl, city-dweller Hannah Mae O''Hannigan gets a pony for the back yard and practices herding hamsters before proving her worth on her Uncle Coot''s ranch out West.

Join Stella Louella as she races through the streets of her town to find and return her missing library book before the due date. Studious Stella Louella is frantically trying to find her missing library book, so she can return it before the due date passes. Looking every place she can imagine, Stella ends up visiting everyone in town, from the people at the fix-it shop, the diner, the police station, the scouts, and each neighbor in between. “From the start of this cheerful cumulative tale, Ernst gives youngsters crowded spreads chock-a-block with amusing particulars.” – Publishers Weekly

Clara ha perdido el libro de la biblioteca que tiene en préstamo, y piensa en cómo va a decepcionar a Inés, la bibliotecaria. Tan sólo tiene algunas horas para devolverlo a la biblioteca, y Clara está desesperada, no está en ningún sitio. Su padre le ayuda: "¿Dónde lo has visto por última vez?" le pregunta pero no hay nada que hacer: el libro ha desaparecido… El hermano de Clara ha leído el libro, el cartero y la vecina también, y muchos más. Clara y sus compañeros siguen durante largas horas la pista del libro prestado para poder devolverlo a la hora prevista y no defraudar la confianza de la bibliotecaria.

For use in schools and libraries only. Thirty years after Goldilocks first met the three bears, she returns to fix up their cottage and soothe her guilty conscience.

Little ones can have tea with teddy bear, clap their hands, topple blocks, or step off with a marching band with this cheerful board book and its familiar playtime activities. Simple rhyming texts to read aloud and irresistible candy-colored illustrations make this book ideal for babies and toddlers. Full color.

Long ago all the letters of the alphabet were together in their box, but one by one they disappeared and now the reader helps to find them.

An adventuresome ladybug befriends an apprehensive caterpillar and helps him learn to enjoy life and be happy with what he is and what he becomes.

An updated version, set on the prairie, of the familiar story about a little girl, her grandmother, and a not-so-clever wolf.

Darla doesn''t want a dirty dog around her Dairy Delight, but Duke patiently tries every tactic to convince her that her shop is his home.

Zinnia and Dot, self-satisfied hens who bicker constantly about who lays better eggs, put aside their differences to protect a prime specimen from a marauding weasel.

When he learns that Lucky is not his real name, but only a nickname given to him by his grandfather, a young boy''s outlook on his whole life changes.

Stuart clashes with his father, a developer, over the design of a park that threatens an ancient oak tree where his squirrel friend Chuck lives.

When Sam Johnson inadvertently discovers how much fun sewing can be, he tries to join the Rosedale Women''s Quilting Club. "Don''t be silly," the club president says. "We can''t have a man here bungling everything!" But Sam Johnson won''t take no for an answer. He organizes a rival sewing circle -- and no women need apply.

A singing cow''s talent brings her stardom, but she soon longs to be back at the farm--if she can get away from her greedy manager.

The disasters caused by Walter''s wagging tail make him and his owner unwelcome until Walter wags an heroic rescue.

CHILDREN''S BOOKS/AGES 4-8

Ginger the dog loves performing in the circus, but she is unable to summon the courage for a new trick until she finds the little girl companion about whom she has been dreaming.

An older sister helps a younger brother get dressed, identifying clothes in the process.