New Releases by Matthew Gollub

In this playful, rhyming story, young children find reassurance and comfort for their fears when scary dreams come their way. Through art and story, children also learn about Japanese taiko drumming and the Japanese words and characters for the numbers one to ten. At dusk, on a beach in Japan, a young boy falls asleep and begins to dream, but soon he has company--a tiny oni, creeping up from the sand. Throughout the night, one by one, more oni appear, until there are ten in all, and they grow bigger, too. They begin beating their taiko drums, louder and louder. They play games, have a big meal, and eventually chase away the boy''s scary dreams. With bright watercolor paintings, Stone draws on the folk culture of her native Japan to portray the monsters as both frightening and funny. A delightful read-aloud that''s part counting exercise and part bedtime story!

Lovesick Captain Cockroach, inspired by a jazz quartet, abandons the helm during a storm, leaving The Jazz Bugs separated and lost at sea. Includes terms in Spanish, French, and jazz scat, and an author''s note on musical styles depicted in the book, as well as the Caribbean region in which it is set.

One by one, ten tiny oni, Japanese goblin-like creatures, grow larger and larger as they beat their drums by the sea, chasing away bad dreams. Includes cultural notes and the Japanese characters for the numbers from one to ten.

"A biography and introduction to the work of the Japanese haiku poet whose love of nature is expressed in over thirty poems included in this book. The haiku appear in Japanese with English translation."

A fly uses a combination of Spanish and jazz scat to ask a sloth, a monkey, and a mackaw to transport his band to a tropical concert site, and then to talk sense to an anteater who interrupts their performance. Includes author''s note on how language, rhythm, color, and life are depicted in the book.

When his face is changed into that of a snake after he visits a forbidden cave, a young boy wears a mask for twenty years, before being taken into the sky.

The inhabitants of a mountain village are suspicious of the twenty-five cats who come to live with their healer, until the cats are able to help lift a curse placed on the butcher.

Kate the cow longs to go to the moon.

Este cuento ilustrado para ninos se inspira en una antigua creencia de Oaxaca, Mexico. Un nino atrevido entra una cueva misteriosa y por eso su cabeza es convertida en la de una serpiente. Despues de bailar con mascara por 20 anos en la fiesta de su pueblo, es convertido en serpiente con cara humana, luego en relampagos.

When his face is changed into that of a snake after he visits a forbidden cave, a young boy wears a mask for twenty years, before being taken into the sky.

While seeking directions to town, a fly picks up the rhythm of the answers he gets from a frog, a hog, a donkey, and a dog, and then uses these sounds to jazz up his band''s music.

Jealous of the sun, the moon decides to create her own fiesta and celebrates a bit too much.

The inhabitants of a mountain village are suspicious of the twenty-five cats who come to live with their healer, until the cats are able to help lift a curse placed on the butcher.

Jealous of the sun, the moon decides to create her own fiesta and celebrates a bit too much.