New Releases by Pat Schories

The illustrator of the best-selling Biscuit books has created an adorable mouse who inhabits a Borrowers-like world. To a tiny creature like Squeak, a sneaker can become a bed, a toy can become a vehicle, and a few crumbs can become a meal. Readers will be fascinated by the contrast in scale between the giant human world (inhabited by two unsuspecting children) and the diminutive mouse world. As an extra treat, there are fun mazes on the endpapers that follow Squeak''s adventure!

Big Chuck is a woodchuck with a taste for pie. He daydreams about warm, flaky pastries and their fruity filling. When he spots a freshly baked blueberry pie cooling on the windowsill, he must have it. Chuck can''t reach high enough, so he recruits his friends to help. Maybe Raccoon or Rabbit can get the pie? It takes some impressive -- and athletic -- teamwork for Chuck and his friends to reach the ledge, but their reward is so sweet! An I Like to Read® book for emerging readers. Guided Reading Level C.

Big Chuck, a woodchuck, is playing with Rabbit, Raccoon, Chipmunk, and the mice brothers when he spots a pair of blue pants. Chuck must have them. He holds up the game while he struggles to put them on. "You are too big and the pants are too small," his friends tell him, but Chuck thinks he looks spiffy. Sidesplitting illustrations show a determined Chuck, stuffed into his much-too-tiny blue pants and trying in vain to keep up. Comfort and fun finally trump fashion as Chuck sheds the pants and joins the gang for a game of hide and seek. A story about self-image and true friends. An I Like to Read(R) book. Guided Reading Level E.

Biscuit is going on his f irst trip to the beach! He is excited about making sand castles, collecting seashells, and playing in the ocean. Have a great day, Biscuit. Woof!

Jack the dog plays happily in his backyard with visitors from outer space, but is not so sure that he wants to go home with them.

Jack the dog discovers that he is not the only uninvited guest at a tea party.

Jack makes friends with Aliens.

Biscuit the puppy runs away from his bath with his puppy friend, Puddles.

When the new puppy arrives, his young owner tries to decide on a name for it.

On a busy morning before school, the whole family leaves the house without giving Jack the dog his breakfast.

Jack the dog loves to knock over the block tower that two boys are building, so when a piece goes missing, Jack gets the blame until the real thief is discovered.

A teeny, tiny mouse and his mommy point out objects of various colors all around their teeny, tiny house.

Children have rated sandpainting as their number-one hobby. Included in this deluxe sandpainting package is everything children need to make eight striking sand-art images derived from authentic circus attractions like a dancing elephant, a clown, a seal, and more. The kit includes sand, frames, and easy-to-follow directions.

An alphabet book of plants and animals found in the garden.

Included in this package is everything children need to create eight striking sand-art images derived from authentic Native American objects and designs. A Buckskin robe, a tepee, and a warbonnet, to name a few, are outlined on adhesive paper specially prepared for this craft. Includes 10 sandpaints, eight templates, four frames, and four envelopes.

A little mouse has a wonderful journey all around town when he falls from his nest into a plumber''s back pocket.

SUMMARY: Teaches a child how to dress, by providing a bow to tie, yarn to braid, a shoe to lace, a snap to snap, a zippper to zip, a suit to button, and a belt to buckle.