New Releases by Mary Packard

Demonstrates words relating to karate, with related activities at the end.

Receiving a magical necklace from her grandmother, Little Star, who wishes she could have a horse of her own, learns that kindness and love can make her greatest dreams come true, in a story that is accompanied by a keepsake necklace.

Collection of close-up photographs of everyday objects as if seen through a magnifying glass. Includes suggestions for use of the magnifying glass and questions and answers.

The perilous adventure of a toy soldier who loves a paper dancing girl culminates in tragedy for both of them.

Gabe, a young ghost who is not good at scaring people, thinks he will have a terrible time on Halloween until he finds another way to spend that evening.

Tiger the kitten is frightened out of his fur when his nice, friendly neighborhood is overrun by scary, ghoulish creatures!

Winnie is unable to fly with the other witches on Halloween, but her grandmother assures her that when she really wants to fly, she will be able to.

When the Otter family has to move because the water in Cypress Glade is too dirty to live in, Spike the alligator, Mike the snowy egret, and the other animals decide to clean things up.

When an alligator and an egret are hatched from eggs tossed together by a storm, they listen to other animals in Cypress Glade before deciding where to live.

Spike the alligator and Mike the snowy egret are so eager to show two visiting jays what a great place Cypress Swamp is that they do things that they know they shouldn''t.

While looking for some flowers for his friend''s birthday party, Mike the snowy egret gets caught in some plastic trash that had been thrown into Mulberry Marsh.

Spike and Mike and the other animals in Cypress Glade, except Dixie Otter, try to improve their looks when they learn that the movie star Preston Peacock is coming to visit.

Spike the alligator and Mike the snowy egret help two quetzals whose forest home in Central America was destroyed.

A stubborn young girl describes how she likes to keep her room very messy.

It''s a special holiday tradition. A set of 24 miniature books arranged in sequence, the nutcracker story book set & advent calendar retells the story of the beloved ballet through all the delightful suspense of an Advent calendar format. In addition, the jewel-like books are designed to be hung on the Christmas tree.

A child watches his kite fly high in the sky.