New Releases by Mary Calhoun

Describes the medicine shows that not only sold cure-all medicines but also provided entertainment to small towns from mid-nineteenth century to mid-twentieth century.

In this retelling of La Fontaine''s fable, a man, a boy, and a donkey, enroute to the miller with a sack of corn, are criticized by their neighbors no matter who walks and who rides.

Initially chagrined at the importance of horses in the lives of his harness-racing relatives, Randy soon catches the "fever," too.

A nest-building robin is as determined to take Uncle John''s kite string as Uncle John is to keep it.

When Mrs. Dog tries to please all her friends by implementing their suggestions for improving her house, she realizes it is no longer a dog house.

Recounts the events that led to the celebration of the first May Day.

Teen-ager Bert Tomlinson finds himself in trouble in school, with the law, and with his father.

A fictionalized account of the United States Army''s efforts to utilize camels in the Southwest Territory in 1857.

Cleery finds a box with seven magic items in it and even though the magic is soon spent it brings three friends something of value.

In sixteenth-century Cornwall a young girl is apprenticed to a white witch to learn the art of herbs and healing.

A ball of twine becomes a hero in this tale of a mountain lady who saves string.

Relates the feud of the last two elves in Denmark and tells how there came to be only one.

Story of Angus, a Scottish brownie, who ran away after his greedy new master presented him with a rich gift.

Karl the friendly farmer had an agreement with the dwarfs and so they never stole from him, but they took so much from other people that they were finally driven out of the valley.

Based on an authentic frontier incident; tells of a man who invented a windwagon and of its fate. Grades 4-5.

After one of her black cats has a yellow kitten, a wicked old witch turns into a loving and good one.

The predictions of a fortune teller come true for eleven-year-old Katie John.

Once upon a time when everyone in Ireland was poor and hungry, young Patrick O''Callahan plans to get rich by catching a leprechaun, but the one he catches is also poor and hungry and moreover he has almost forgotten how to make his magic work.

Cowboy chases over the prairie in search of the outlaw horse that ran off with his saddle. Grades 3-4.

Ten-year-old Katie John Tucker did not look forward to the summer she and her parents were to spend in the enormous old house in the small southern town. She hadn''t wanted to leave her friends, and she wished that fall would come quickly. But in spite of all her gloomy predictions, Katie John had a wonderful summer. With her new friend, Sue Halsey, she explored the old house and found it full of exciting surprises. The girls founded a society to improve people, and "improved" Sue''s infuriating older sister with amazing results. The summer flew by and fall arrived all too soon. Playing a more responsible and adult role than ever before, Katie John was instrumental in deciding her family''s future. Young readers will be delighted by impulsive, warm-hearted Katie John, for, as the Virginia Kirkus Service review says, Mrs. Calhoun "imbues her story with a good feeling of locale, a strong sense of seasonal Change, and above all a vigorous portrayal of an appealing and lively heroine."