New Releases by Patricia Reilly Giff

Her camp''s treasure hunt gives Dawn Bosco another chance to put on her Polka Dot Private Eye hat and do what she loves best--hunt for clues.

This new series for beginning readers follows the adventures of the youngest children at the Polk Street School in easy-to-read chapter books featuring lively illustrations. Stacy Arrow''s first day at school doesn''t go well until her older sister tells her the secrets of making friends. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.

A biography of the author of the "Little House" books, including the years of her marriage to Almanzo Wilder.

A biography emphasizing the early years of a nun who is world renowned for her work with the poor, sick, and uneducated in India and in other parts of the world.

Young detective Abby Jones catches several of her neighbors acting suspiciously as she pursues two interlocking cases of a runaway and a possibly dangerous spy.

Summertime. It''s hot enough to fry an egg on the sidewalk. Richard "Beast" Best and Matthew Jackson can''t wait to dive into Emily Arrow''s cool blue pool. But when they get there, Mrs. Arrow tells them that Emily has gone off to summer school. Summer school! How could they forget? That''s exactly where they should be right now. Sitting in class, Beast still thinks summertime is the best time, and he and Matthew can always go swimming in the afternoon. But then Matthew gives Beast some bad news. It''s up to Beast to think of a way to help Matthew fast--before the summer is ruined.

With the help of the meanest substitute teacher in the whole school, Richard Beast Best learns a lesson about fear.

Ronald has many humorous mishaps until he gets a pair of eyeglasses. Includes a note for adults about children''s eye problems.

Hurray, it''s June! The last month of school! Emily Arrow and the other children in Ms. Rooney''s room are excited about the class picnic at the park. Mrs. Stewart, the student teacher, is even going to take class pictures. But Emily''s worried. She wants a best friend. It seems everyone has a best friend ecxept her. At the picnic Emily feels so lonely, she wanders off into the woods with Uni, her unicorn. Before she knows it, she''s lost and can''t find her way back. Is the rest of the class having fun? Will they say "cheese" when she''s not there? And even worse, will they leave her in the woods and go home without her?

For use in schools and libraries only. While enjoying a class picnic in the park with Ms. Rooney, Emily Arrow, lonely and yearning for a best friend, wanders off into the woods and gets lost.

It''s September again.What does it mean for Richard "Beast" Best to be left back? It means being teased by his old friends while he''s stuck facing the same old teacher in the same old classroom. He even has to take a special reading class with "babies" like Emily Arrow and Matthew Jackson. And just like last year, he can''t help getting into trouble.But with the help of Mrs. Paris, the reading teacher, Beast starts to enjoy reading and just might find a way to help the second grade win the school banner for best class.

After having his wallet stolen in a diner, Paul is instrumental in solving a murder.

Leroy Wilson has plans for a great winter. He and Tracy Matson, his pal and business partner, are all set to sell the worms they''ve collected to the ice fishermen, when his awful cousin Mitchell moves to town. The problem is that Leroy and Mitchell look exactly alike, except that Mitchell is an expert at everything, including how to start a brand-new business with Tracy! Left with eighty worms to feed and horrible piano lessons with Mitchell''s mother, Leroy has had it with his "take-over" cousin. But can he outfox Mitchell?

This first book in the series finds Abby Jones and her pal, Potsie, squeezing into windows, sneaking onto subways and slithering into empty apartments, as they try to solve the mystery of the missing Hyacinth Macaw.

It looks like a lonely summer ahead for Tracy Matson. She''s the only girl her age in the small town of High Flats. And Leroy Wilson, the only boy, thinks she''s a know-it-all, even after Tracy tries to make friends by giving him a chocolate-icing-on-rye sandwich. Things start looking up when her pen pal, Casey Valentine, pays a surprise visit. But now Tracy has another problem: She told Casey that she loves to read. What if Casey--who wants to be a writer--finds out that Tracy is really a rotten reader? Suppose Leroy spills the beans?