New Releases by Tim Wynne-Jones

In Zoom at sea, Zoom the cat realizes his lifelong dream of nautical adventure in the home of a mysterious woman with magical powers. In Zoom away, Zoom and his friend Maria search the North Pole for elusive Uncle Roy. In Zoom upstream, Zoom follows a mysterious trail through a bookshelf to Egypt, where he joins his friend Maria in a search for his Uncle Roy.

An Edgar Award Winner Two years after his father''s mysterious disappearance, Jim Hawkins is coping -- barely. Underneath, he''s frozen in uncertainty and grief. What did happen to his father? Is he dead or just gone? Then Jim meets Ruth Rose. Moody, provocative, she''s the bad-girl stepdaughter of Father Fisher, Jim''s father''s childhood friend and the town pastor, and she shocks Jim out of his stupor when she tells him her stepfather is a murderer. "Don''t you want to know who he murdered?" she asks. Jim doesn''t. Ruth Rose is clearly crazy -- a sixteen-year-old misfit. Yet something about her fierce conviction pierces Jim''s shell. He begins to burn with a desire for the truth, until it becomes clear that it may be more unsettling than he can bear. What is the real meaning of the strange prayers Father Fisher intones behind the door of his private sanctuary? Why does Ruth Rose suddenly disappear? And what really happened thirty years ago when a boy died in a burning house?

Stephen is fifteen when the nightmares begin. The dream is always the same: a crying baby, a wooden ladder, a house built in the branches, fire everywhere. Night after night, the fantastic images haunt him. More chilling than the dream itself, though, is the fact that this is the very same nightmare that haunted Stephen''s brother, Marcus?the dream that drove Marcus to run away. Now Stephen is the age his brother was when he left, and he wonders what it all means. Determined not to run from the truth, Stephen steels himself for a journey of remarkable discovery that he hopes will eventually lead him to the truth about the past and, ultimately, about himself.

A collection of short stories in which Canadian young people interact with the eccentric and vivid figures of their communities, schools, and families.

''.a remarkable thing has happened. A boy has stumbled out of the woods. I call him a wild child'' ;A powerful adventure story, full of danger, courage, music and compassion.

Entre un père brutal et une mère malheureuse, la vie n''est pas toujours facile pour Burl. Un jour, le garçon s''enfuit, laissant derrière lui des années de misère et de violence. Au bout de sa course, il découvre près d''un lac une curieuse habitation en forme de pyramide. Là, il rencontre un vieil homme étrange, pianiste virtuose mondialement connu. Entre le maestro et l''enfant s''installe une extraordinaire complicité, bientôt rompue par le départ soudain du musicien. Burl est désemparé. Doit-il attendre le retour du Maestro, ou est-il temps pour lui d''entrer seul dans le monde des adultes et d''en percer les secrets ?

A collection of nine stories by the popular Canadian author, including The Night of the Pomegranate, Save the Moon for Kerdy Dickus, and The Hope Bakery.

Oscar the mouse runs away from home after a fight with his father and finds himself in a stable where he befriends a couple and their newborn baby.

Seven stories full of magic, real-life ghosts and unlikely heroes. When the young people in these stories decide to embrace the unexpected, amazing things happen.

A non-fiction book for children

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

Brave block-builder David Finebloom receives a message from the moon that it is falling apart and rushes off to help.

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