New Releases by George Mendoza

Every animal in the forest can have a home they love with the help of Ms. Mouse in this whimsical and educational book about design and architecture. Henrietta is a world-famous architect, and the only mouse in the world who knows what makes a squirrel or a rabbit, a caterpillar or a frog feel at home. A dreamer, a designer, an artist, and a creator, Henrietta works at her drawing board to imagine the perfect home for each of her friends, be they woodland, water, subterranean or winged creatures. With clever features, like a trapdoor for Mole or a telescope platform for Owl, and the ideal placement, like high in a pine for Squirrel or inside a pear for Caterpillar, Henrietta Mouse’s houses are both practical and beautiful—in short, ingenious! George Mendoza’s Need a House? Call Ms. Mouse! is as inspiring today as when it was first published in 1981, and Doris Susan Smith’s illustrations of this hard-working female protagonist and her fantastical designs and architectural marvels will captivate young readers.

Five years after the events of Journey of the Spirit Man, Michael Seymour finds himself back in the alternate reality from which he had been so eager to escape, but to where he has recently been desperate to return. But the land he discovers upon arrival has changed. A great war rages, and Michael is revered as a warrior and a killer, although he has no recollection of being either of those things. Charged with finding and destroying the Annihilator, a force intent on bringing doom to the land of Shoot, Michael must battle the world around him-human, creature, and natural-and trek through desolate wastelands, where he encounters a series of allies and foes. Along the way, he discovers that The Spirit Man''s warrior spirit sits at bay within him. But The Spirit Man is not the only spirit lying in wait inside Michael-and he''ll need help from them all to save the land he''s come to love and honor the fatal sacrifices his friends have made for him. Vision of the Spirit Man is the second installment in George Mendoza''s captivating Spirit Man series. ufeffGeorge Mendoza went blind when he was 15. In 1980, he broke the world- record for blind athletes, running a mile in 4 minutes and 28 seconds. Mendoza now works full- time as an artist and writer. Currently, his exhibition "Colors of the Wind" is a National Smithsonian Affiliates traveling art exhibit. He lives in Las Cruces, New Mexico, and is founder and president of the Wise Tree Foundation, Inc., a nonprofit corporation for the promotion for the arts. He is a motivational speaker and is currently developing a screenplay based on his life story and children''s book Colors of the Wind. Learn more at www.georgemendoza.com

An exciting, motivational, and inspirational action romance, A Vision Of Courage is the fast-paced adventure of a young man''s struggle to overcome adversity and rise to fulfillment beyond the goal he was seeking, and to find understanding he had not known he was seeking.

Out for a drive, a family finds itself in a traffic jam created by animals.

A wild duck narrator looks at the past when the environment was bountiful, searches through today''s polluted environment for a home, and encourages saving and restoring the environment for the future.

Present thirteen scary stories featuring the dreaded Gumberoo, the crafty Cougarfish, a whole houseful of good luck spiders, and some very naughty people who wouldn''t do as they were told.

The autobiography of the golf legend demonstrates how he rose from a makeshift course on his boyhood Virginia farm to election into the Hall of Fame and includes accounts of his many famous partners

Henri Mouse goes to Paris to become an artist, but causes much confusion when everything he paints disappears and is magically transferred onto his canvas.

Full-color reproductions of the well-loved artist''s portraits of America''s most patriotic moments are accompanied by speeches, essays, poetry, and prose excerpts, in a celebration of basic American values and aspirations

A shepherd and his flock of sheep demonstrate such concepts as young/old, coming/going, up/down, and near/far.

An old shepherd has difficulty putting himself to sleep one night when the sheep won''t jump over the fence, but instead engage in all sorts of unusual activities.

Words in this story of an old shepherd and his dog searching for his lost sheep correspond with alphabet letters.

Uses text, photographs, diagrams, and musical exercises to provide the beginner and intermediate student with a basic instructional guide to the classical guitar.

The adventures of a young boy and the mischevious bird he rescues from a storm.

Norman Rockwell''s illustrations of children at play accompany a poem expressing the desire of two people to enjoy the delights of childhood and grow up together.

Photographs of shadow images of swans, camels, Napoleon, witches, and other figures together with photographs showing how the images are formed using hands and fingers.

An alphabet book illustrates the needs of a boat from anchor to zephyr.

Demonstrates in verse that "A poem is not what you believe; / it''s what you make believe."

Describes the many ways nature can be perceived.

Readers can see how a clock''s hour hand and minute hand work together by following the directions given by the scarecrow.

Lists the unusual characteristics of the thumbtown toad, a wicked woman about whom horrible tales are told.

Photographs and verse describe a young boy''s daydream of the sea.

Three brief stories about a spider, an ant, and a seed.

Free verse and full page black and white photographs relate the lasting impression of a child''s first experience with a gun and its destruction of life.

A parody of the traditional English folk song in which a young girl''s true love sends more and more gifts on each of the twelve days of Christmas.

Adaptations of 3 amusing traditional American folk tales of the supernatural