New Releases by Susan Bonners

Kate Harris has always spent the summer with her family on her grandparents’ farm. But this year she is going to be at the beach with the Langs, family friends Kate hasn’t seen since she was a baby. She is worried that she won’t get along with the Langs’ daughter, Alison.

Stephanie longs for Grandpa''s wooden doll, but it remains out of reach, high on top of the china cabinet. One day she climbs on a chair and brings it down. To her surprise, she discovers the doll has a secret--a whole family of dolls is nestled inside it.

It''s hard enough moving to a new place, and for Annie there are plenty of extra burdens. Her mother seems sad and worried all the time, having a baby brother makes getting settled in even harder, a box of her prized horse figurines has been lost, and to top it all off, the new house is far away from Annie''s favorite uncle, who shared with her what she loves best of all: piano music. But when Annie roller-skates by Mrs. Bergstrom''s house, she hears beautiful melodies -- Maybe this new place may someday feel like home.

When Edwina''s great-grandaunt and namesake decides to move to a nursing home, Edwina is recruited by her mom to help clean out her aunt''s attic. There she discovers a cache of letters from Aunt Edwina, who had been an activist, to various public officials, all requesting improvements in public locations around town. Then Edwina notices a local playground in sorry disrepair and decides to do some letter-writing of her own. Susan Bonners''s black-and-white illustrations offset a charming story of a regular girl who finds a way to make a difference in her community.

When the panda cub was born, she weighed only five ounces and was so tiny that she could be covered easily by one of her mother’s paws. But she was held tightly against her mother’s large, warm body and protected until she could survive on her own. With beautiful watercolor paintings and a story as gentle as a lullaby, Susan Bonners tells about the lives of wild giant pandas. This is narrative nonfiction at its best.

Spend a year in Antarctica with the Adelie penguins. This beautifully illustrated book follows the life-cycle of these unique land birds that live by the millions in one of Earth’s harshest environments. It brings to life the extraordinary power of kinship among penguins, who journey on foot for miles across the frozen continent and recognize their mates and children by the sound of their voices.

Jerry befriends the class clown Danny and discovers disturbing secrets from the past.

Why do cats rub up against furniture? Why do they like to hide in bags? What makes them purr? These are just some of the questions answered in this fascinating and informative picture book on feline behavior. Through the inventive narrative, young readers examine the instincts of the common house cat. The text works on two levels: it describes a day in the life of a pet cat named Molly, and then explains the scientific basis for all of her actions. Some of the most ordinary cat antics, like pouncing on a toy or scratching against an object, are deeply rooted in the behavior of wild ancestors. Susan Bonners expertly explains why our beloved pets act the curious way they do.

When fourth-grader Gregory releases a helium-filled balloon into the sky with his name and address attached, it leads to an unusual friendship and an exchange of mystery gifts.

Describes the life of a giant panda from her birth until, at six years old, she is fully grown and awaiting the birth of her first cub.

Dit prachtig geschilderde prentenboek vertelt hoe de panda leeft in het verre land China. De tekst is eenvoudig, maar bevat veel informatie over dit bijna uitgestorven dier.