New Releases by Robin Muller

Retells the Celtic folktale of Tamlynne, a young knight in the court of the Elfin Queen, and Elaine, who is enticed into a nearby wood and, once inside, meets and falls in love with the young knight.

Five great Canadian Christmas stories at one incredible price -- this season''s perfect gift for any child! This special new anthology includes five delightful holiday picture books in one oversized volume! The original stories are here in their entirety, while bonus material for this anthology includes biographies of all of the artists and illustrators, with their stories of how the books were created. Stories included in this package are: One Special Tree, by Olena Kassian The Little Crooked Christmas Tree, by Michael Cutting and Ron Broda Moon and Star, by Robin Muller Woodland Christmas, by Frances Tyrrell Sadie the Ballerina, by Joan Betty Stuchner and Bruno St-Aubin

Robin Muller is best known as the Governor-General''s Award-winning author and illustrator of The Magic Paintbrush, as well as Badger''s New House, Mollie Whuppie and the Giant, Little Kay, Row, Row, Row Your Boat, and Little Wonder. He is also the author of Hickory, Dickory, Dock, illustrated by Suzanne Duranceau.

Cette version humoristique d''une chanson de Noël bien connue (The Twelve Days of Christmas) s''adapte parfaitement à l''Halloween et à ses mystères. Dix enfants, deux chiens et un chat entrent dans une maison hantée. Ils disparaissent un à un, ne laissant, au douzième coup de minuit, qu''un enfant qui aura toute une surprise!

On the first stroke of midnight, ten children, two dogs and a cat enter a haunted funhouse. On their journey through the rooms, they encounter bats and witches and goblins. As the clock strikes, the children bravely sing, "Oh, nothing frightens me!" and one by one they disappear. By the twelfth stroke of midnight, only one brave child is left and he''s about to get a big surprise! This Halloween story is spooky and fun, and just right for young readers.

La veille de Noël, au magasin de jouets, Lunik le chien voit une cliente emporter une petite chatte de porcelaine, son bibelot préféré. Lunik ferait tout pour récupérer sa précieuse compagne, mais hélas! tout semble jouer contre lui. Qu''il garde espoir; la nuit de Noël n''est-elle pas propice aux miracles?

Badger lives in an old house that he loves, but it has a leaky old roof and noisy banging shutters. After a big storm, when the shutters blow off and rain pours in, Badger is fed up and decides he wants a new house - one that doesn''t need to be fixed up. So he moves into a fancy new house, but it is just too BIG and it doesn''t feel like home. What can Badger do to solve his dilemma?

Après un orage, M. Blaireau quitte sa maison trop endommagée pour une autre beaucoup plus neuve. Il cède son ancienne demeure à Grand-mère souris. Mais qui aidera Grand-mère à faire toutes les réparations nécessaires?

"Lavish illustrations accompany the spell-binding tale of young Kit, a blacksmith apprentice. When an angel asks him to save a dying tree, they forge three magical tools. That night, Kit has a horrible dream, and when he wakes up the tools are gone. And his troubles are just beginning ..." Cf. Our choice, 1997-1998.

A poor woodcutter''s youngest daughter outwits a giant and wins royal husbands for herself and her sisters.

Hop aboard as Muller rows you merrily down the stream. It''s a trip of a lifetime, a trip that young readers will want to take over and over again. Recommended by AES Advisory Committee.

At a special party hosted by an elegant cat, the guests go in search of a beautiful hidden clock. Based on the traditional nursery rhyme.

Une fantaisie poétique, apparentée à la comptine. Chaque heure fait l''objet d''une scène catastrophique décrite en quelques lignes encadrées d''onomatopées. Un texte rythmé et, en regard, de superbes illustrations. Un excellent album pour les conteurs.

Given the gift of a magic paintbrush that can bring things to life, a boy comes to learn that the best pictures are the ones made with the heart.

SUMMARY: Little Kay goes to the Sultan''s court in disguise, as her father''s son, and proves that a women can be brave and clever a knight, as any man.

Grade level: 1, 2, 3, k, p, e.

A sorcerer''s apprentice learns his master''s spells on the sly and finds they come in handy when he is in danger.

Retelling of an old fairy tale about adventures of a wise and heroic daughter of a Queen. After victorious trouncing of the witches she wins yet another victory. She, who looks unattractive, is finally being seen as she really is, by one who has the vision to look beyond appearances.

Rupert, an elf, asks Noddler, a wizard, to make a stairway of clouds so he can pick his favourite star from the sky and keep it for himself.