New Releases by Philippa Pearce

Through her great capacity to love, a kind and beautiful maid releases a handsome prince from the spell which has made him an ugly beast.

L''expédition imaginée par Tom réussira-t-elle ? Que cherche donc Margaret au fond du puits ? Pour quelle raison Laura piétine-t-elle sa robe neuve ? Etait-il si important que Tom et Hugues fassent l''école buissonnière ? Au cœur d''un grand château de la campagne anglaise, l''histoire d''une complicité, tendre et émouvante, entre quatre frères et sœurs.

A funny story of night-time awakenings. The book is also available on cassette with two other stories.

One summer when the miller''s family is away, Belle, the old mill cat, ventures inside their house for the first time and takes her seven kittens with her.

When the zoo is unable to keep a miniature elephant, Emily and her parents make a home for it and its monkey friend in their lovely meadow with a river running by.

While playing in the river, two cousins discover a live mussel and decide to keep it as a pet.

A frantic search for Danny''s piece of cloth fails and everyone has a wretched night.

Stories deal with a poisonous pudding, a haunted tree, a teacher''s suicide, a teddy bear''s revenge, a frightening visit, visions of the future, and a ghostly sister

After young Bunting falls into the stream during a family picnic, he and his brothers and sisters engage in a very daring activity.

Sid Parker''s mother hates pets. So when she finds out Sid brought two gerbils home from school, the battle for Bubble and Squeak begins.

What is it like to be a fly on the wall in our neighbours'' houses? With these eight gently humorous stories, Philippa Pearce lifts the lid from the neighbours'' houses and shows us the lives within. From the author of Tom''s Midnight Garden and A Dog So Small.

What is it like to be a fly on the wall in our neighbours'' houses? With these eight gently humorous stories, Philippa Pearce lifts the lid from the neighbours'' houses and shows us the lives within. From the author of Tom''s Midnight Garden and A Dog So Small.

For saving the life of one of the green people, Jack is blessed with the love and knowledge of a squirrel-wife.