New Releases by Margaret Snyder

Mickey''s nephews try to teach Pluto tricks so he can win a pet talent show.

Art doesn''t know what to do when a new pet is brought into the house.

It''s Halloween on Sesame Street and this year Elmo wants to wear the scariest costume ever.

First Steps board books give toddlers and young children, ages 2-5, their first look at religious topics such as Bible stories, going to mass, and prayer.

First Steps board books give toddlers and young children, ages 2-5, their first look at religious topics such as Bible stories, going to mass, and prayer.

Transforming Development is uniquely appropriate reading at a time when civil society and the private sector are popular concepts and foreign aid is under fire. This books shows that given the chance, women are instrumental in expanding and democratizing national economies: they create wealth and family well-being. Through a history of UNIFEM, the United Nations Development Fund for Women, the author shows how the large-scale investments of governments, the World Bank, the United Nations and other organizations can become both more effectively and gender-sensitive.The book includes both a history of UNIFEM with its struggle to survive political and bureaucratic power games, and an examination of some of the activities which UNIFEM has assisted, from village-level projects to national and regional policy interventions.

In this adaptation of the traditional tale of Cinderella a lovely peasant girl working as a servant for Duke Donald and his three spoiled nephews serves as heroine.

Celebrate Christmas with Mickey and his friends while you learn the alphabet.

A child in bed hears a number of nighttime sounds, from a foghorn to Dad snoring, in a book that includes six sound effects

Sound effects and surprise songs accompany a look at some of the different kinds of work that people do, from a construction worker to a ballerina

Small children identify the items in a toy box, in a book that includes six sound effects and surprise songs

Six sound effects accompany a look at colors and musical instruments as brightly-dressed children play music