New Releases by Satomi Ichikawa

Originally published in English in 2005.

Little Train toots along, taking all his passengers exactly where they want to go. "To the pond!" says the duck. "To the forest!" says the monkey. "To the mountain!" says the bear. But Little Kangaroo doesn''t say a word. He wants to go on an adventure with Little Train-adventure that leads him up a mountain, off a cliff, and back where he belongs: in his mama''s pocket. This endearing picture book is perfect for train, toy and adventure lovers everywhere.

Woggy and Cosmos, a toy dog and a toy airplane, go on an adventure in Paris.

There is a rug in his fathers shop that Mustafa loves. (It has a hole in it, so you can put it over your head and still see out.) No one else wants the rug, though lots of tourists visit the shop. His father always welcomes them"Bienvenue"and offers them tea"O cha wa ikaga desu ka?" Mustafas father would like him to know some words in other languages too, and he tells Mustafa that he may have the rug if he agrees to learn. But after the first lesson, Mustafa is so bored he runs out of the shop (with the carpet on his head). Ending up at the market, he finds a very different way of learning foreign languages....and of getting tourists to visit his fathers shop.

Mango is a stuffed penguin, but he and his boy Danny are best friends. They love to do everything together, especially visit the Central Park zoo. But when Danny gets newer stuffed animals for his birthday, Pangoo is left behind, wondering where he belongs . . . is it with the real penguins he sees with Danny every Saturday, swimming at the zoo?

La La Rose, a young girl''s stuffed rabbit, gets lost in Luxembourg Gardens.

Pablito, a Guatemalan boy whose pet pig Amarillo has disappeared, uses a kite to send him a message that he still loves him.

Ignored while the other trees talk about how they will be dressed for Christmas, a small fir tree finds her dreams fulfilled on Christmas morning.

The animals of the African savanna help Meto as he tries to return the toy bear left behind by a young tourist.

Accompanied by her doll, Maggie, Teddy the stuffed bear, and Kiki the dog, a little girl sets out to explore the mysterious castle on the hill.

Tanya loves to dance but has trouble integrating her steps with the clapping and counting of her ballet teacher, until she tries moving to the music and the sounds inside her head.

A little Puerto Rican girl uses her basket full of colorful ribbons to help her hide and to help her make some new friends.

Nora''s outdoor tea party with her toys at the home of some friendly geese is disrupted by Benji, the greedy sheep from next door, but he eventually makes amends.

In this story for young children, Nora is invited to a most unusual tea-party by the geese in the wood. Unfortunately Benjy the sheep makes rather a nuisance of himself, but later he manages to make amends in an unexpected way.

Poor Nora has stayed inside all week with a cold with only Kiki the dog, Teddy the bear, and Maggie the doll for company, while the roses bloom just outside her window. One by one, visitors pass, each stopping to pick a rose on his way. Soon there won''t be any roses left! But with a little imagination, Nora discovers just the right way to cure her sick-in-bed boredom and make her roses last forever.

Ballerina Bear Barbara, who lives in a child''s room in Paris, discovers that while it is nice to make new friends, old friends should never be forgotten.

Nora finds a duckling in the woods and takes it to Doctor John, who provides love and care for many wild and domestic animals who have come to grief.

While visiting her grandmother, Nora joins with the animated toys from an old chest to bring the stars down from the night sky, but their loss makes the sky black and sad.

Follows a year of different birthday celebrations in a little girl''s life and describes how birthdays are celebrated around the world.

A selection of religious poems from the Upanishads, the Old Testament, and the likes of Langston Hughes, Ogden Nash, and Robert Herrick.

While doing the daily shopping in their French village, Suzanne and Nicholas learn how various things they have purchased are produced before they arrive at the market.

Three children enjoy each of the four seasons and the accompanying changes of nature.