New Releases by Betsy Hearne

Meet Willa, a rebellious teenager who cannot resist adopting canine misfits, and Sam, who follows a dog and finds a girlfriend. Fiona''s Border collie knows the secret her family has never guessed. Sly hopes his fierce Mutt will keep at bay the terrors of a dark city street. Betsy Hearne has skillfully crafted twelve short stories highlighting the special relationships that humans and dogs can share. Varied in tone and setting, her collection will make readers smile, cry, and keep turning the pages to see what happens in each new miniworld of real and imagined encounters.

Ten stories of death and hauntings, set in the past, the present, and the afterlife.

Eleven-year-old Louise Tolliver lives with her mother and her brother, Willie, in Tollivers'' Hollow. Like any brother, Willie gives Louise a hard time, but the trouble really starts when Louise calls him a pig -- and he becomes one. And that''s not all. Louise''s father has been missing for seven years, and the locals are starting to wonder about Tollivers'' Hollow. It''s now up to Louise to use her wishes for good and make right all that''s gone wrong. She uses her head, her heart, and a little bit of magic to bring her family back home.

Hey! What''s up with the Willy-Nilly Wag Wave Dizzy-Lizzy Lowdown-Rowan Ratty-Ryan Nelly-Belly and Wicked-Nick? And who exactly is in the hall? By the time you get to the last page of Betsy Hearne''s mysterious tongue twister of a story, you willy-nilly know!

A young girl recounts the brave exploits of her female ancestors, including her great-great-great grandmother who came to America in a wooden sailboat.

This volume offers 28 versions of the fable of "Beauty and the Beast", with minimal adaptations from Europe, Asia, Africa, the Middle East and America. Afterwards, the author discusses Disney''s film version of this familiar theme of a lonely beast transformed by the magic of human love.