New Releases by Janet Morgan Stoeke

FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Minerva Louise, a snow-loving chicken, mistakes a pair of mittens for two hats to keep both ends warm.

What is that fat guy in the red suit doing on the roof? wonders Minerva Louise one snowy evening. She follows him down the chimney and, to her surprise, sees a big tree inside. The harebrained hen can?t make any sense of it, but young children will cackle with delight as they follow Minerva around on her Christmas Eve adventure with the jolly fat fellow. She even gets a present!

Minerva Louise loves the house with the red curtains, so she decides to explore-and preschoolers will laugh as she mistakes a string of beads for food, a rubber duck for a real one, and a sleeping cat for a "friendly cow." Janet Stoeke's sunny, simple art and text have made Minerva Louise a favorite of young children.