New Releases by Philemon Sturges

New words to the traditional tune describe a camper-driving, "hootin''" and "shoutin''" guest and the party that will begin when she arrives.

This text is a fun adaptation of the classic playground song. Help Skunk solve the mystery as he asks each of his animal friends, Mouse, Raven, Squirrel, Rabbit, Turtle, Raccoon, Snake, Beaver, and Frog, who took the cookie from the cookie jar?

From the author of I Love Trains!, a boldly illustrated picture book with simple text introduces an array of flight-related creations, including hot air balloons, seaplanes, and space stations.

Two bands of pirates fight over a box, but when they raise the white flag and open the box together, they find a treasure to share.

An adaptation of the classic Christmas carol "The Twelve Days of Christmas" with a southwestern twist.

What''s your favorite part of the school day? Come along to a warm, friendly world of reading and writing, singing and painting, and all-around fun that will make you want to yell, "I love school!"

Tools can cut things apart . . . . . . or put them back together again. You can use tools to make almost anything! From the clamps that hold down the wood for the very first cut through the paintbrush that adds the finishing touches, this book is full of useful tools! Young readers will love watching a busy family saw, hammer, and chisel as they work together to create a new home for their friend the bluebird.

Poems describe a variety of watercraft, from birch bark canoes to cruise ships, and reveal their impact on the world.

Some carry people around the world. Some land on water. Some can loop around the sky. What does your favorite plane do? Blast off into the world of biplanes and gliders, seaplanes and dive bombers, and find out the special jobs of every kind of plane.

An up-to-date retelling of the traditional Little Red Hen story in which the intrepid fowl spies a can of tomato sauce in her cupboard and knows it''s time to make a lively little pizza.

A child names many of his favorite trucks and each one''s most notable characteristic.

Crocky Dilly tells the story of her famous relative who rescued Menes, the King of Egypt, and was rewarded by being named queen of her own city, Crocodilopolis.

Two children catch fireflies on a summer night, putting them one by one into a jar until all ten are caught, and then they let them out to watch all ten fly away.

Woolly Bear quietly shuffles along looking for a place to spin her bed and dream of tiger moths, while all around her other bugs buzz, chatter, zip, and whir.

Christmas brings bright sights, glad sounds, rich tastes, and other good things, but the newborn infant brings the greatest joy.

Illustrations and rhyming text describe the joys of playing in the rain and snow.