New Releases by Phyllis Root

Various disasters threaten to stop Poppa and the children from getting to the lake in their rattletrap car, but they manage to come up with an ingenious solution to each problem.

Featuring the characters and comedy from the ''Boohbah'' series. Lots of big, smiling faces and chances for children to laugh along with the pictures.

When Big Mama made the world, she didn''t mess about. Earth, sky and sea, sun and moon, plants and trees, birds and animals all fell right into line with her plans. This is a joyous, lyrical creation story like no other.

Annalisa, the most curious and stubborn of Mama May''s children, disobeys her mother and upsets the family cow by refusing to kiss her in return for the milk she gives.

Big Mamma, with a baby on her hip and laundry piling up, makes the world and everything in it and, at the end of the sixth day, tells the people she has made that they must take care of her creation.

Alex tries to calm his younger brother when they hear strange noises at bedtime, but is he brave enough to cross the cold floor of their dark room when a feet-grabbing, toe-eating, noise-making "something" might get him?

Oliver the bear becomes lost when he chases a leaf to the edge of the woods, but then he comes up with an idea to find his way back home.

A story about a playful mouse.

When Mouse burns his dinner, he knows just what to do!

Mouse goes on a picnic.

Is it a bird? is it a plane? No, it''s Super Mouse!

Mouse is fast, but Cat is faster!

Als beertje Olivier in de herfst een geel blad achterna rent, blijkt hij na een poosje verdwaald te zijn. Prentenboek met tekeningen in warme herfsttinten. Vanaf ca. 3 jaar.

Four brief stories, using simple words, tell about Tabby Cat''s adventures.

Tabby Cat''s adventures.

Mary sings a lullaby to the newborn baby Jesus as He lies in the manger, and in her song she describes how the world around Him is rejoicing at His birth.

Tabby Cat''s adventures.

Tabby Cat''s adventures.

After she sees how upset her father has become, a little girl who blames her bad behavior on her stuffed bear tells her father that the bear will try to act better.

The twentieth century is as remarkable for its world wars as it is for its efforts to outlaw war in international and constitutional law and politics. Japan in the World examines some of these efforts through the life and work of Shidehara Kijuro, who was active as diplomat and statesman between 1896 until his death in 1951. Shidehara is seen as a guiding thread running through the first five decades of the twentieth century. Through the 1920s until the beginning of the 1930s, his foreign policy shaped Japan''s place within the community of nations. The positive role Japan played in international relations and the high esteem in which it was held at that time goes largely to his credit. As Prime Minister and "man of the hour" after the Second World War, he had a hand in shaping the new beginning for post-war Japan, instituting policies that would start his country on a path to peace and prosperity. Accessing previously unpublished archival materials, Schlichtmann examines the work of this pacifist statesman, situating Shidehara within the context of twentieth century statecraft and international politics. While it was an age of devastating total wars that took a vast toll of civilian lives, the politics and diplomatic history between 1899 and 1949 also saw the light of new developments in international and constitutional law to curtail state sovereignty and reach a peaceful order of international affairs. Japan in the World is an essential resource for understanding that nation''s contributions to these world-changing developments.

A monster has come to planet Earth--a monster who''s really hungry Really, really, hungry What will the monster eat? A daisy? A rock? A little girl? YIKES Readers will find out in this amusing new addition to the Giggle Club series. Full color.

WAAAAAAAAH! This family goes to great--and hilarious lengths--in trying to lull Baby to sleep until Little Brother discovers that what Baby really wants is something very simple. WAAAAAAAAAAH! What does Baby want? Mama''s gone to bed, so Grandma, Grandpa, Aunt and Uncle, Big Sister, and Little Brother set out to soothe Baby. Does Baby want a soft feathery goose to cuddle? No. Does he want a flock of woolly sheep to keep him warm or a tree full of birds to sing him to sleep? No. As Little Brother proves, what Baby really wants is something very simple. Jill Barton''s funny, warm illustrations are perfectly tuned to Phyllis Root''s lively characterization of a family going to great--and hilarious--lengths to lull its youngest member to sleep.

When Old Man Trouble comes calling, the spring dries up and trouble looms - but Aunt Nancy knows a trick or two. Magical trickster tale with bold dramatic illus. in this unusual picture book. 5-8 yrs.

When Bonnie Bumble eats five plum turnovers for breakfast one morning, her whole world is turned upside down.

When the wind blows so hard that it blows the quack right out of the duck, the oink out of the pig and so on, Bonnie Bumble works hard to get each animal''s sound back where it belongs.

Mrs Potter''s Pig is a comical mudlark full of farce and fun about an obsessively clean mother and her very messy baby. Mrs Potter gets an awful shock, one day, when she thinks her baby has turned into a pig

A rocket comes to earth, and out steps a monster. Hungry , it roars, and starts a quest for food which sees it try out a rock, a daisy, a tree, before meeting a young girl. The monster wants to eat the girl, but she would rather he tried her banana.

Summary: Sam the river rat, dreams of going to sea. Day and night, whatever he''s doing his thoughts turn seawards. So, when he sees a chance to build his own boat, he is determined to take it, no matter what anyone else may say.

An old rocking chair is recycled through a neighborhood, broken down bit by bit as young and old find various uses for it, until it ends up as a tiny footstool in the hands of the original owner.