New Releases by Lisa Campbell Ernst

She''s fast. She''s feisty. And she outsmarted that sly fox in her boisterous debut. Now the gingerbread girl is back with a new batch of friends - the animal crackers! They don''t want to listen to the Gingerbread Girl''s advice, even though she is one smart cookie. But they''d better watch it, or they''ll all become treats for that trickster fox. With fun twists on the classic refrain plus big, candy-colored illustrations, this is one sweet treat.

When Sylvia Jean''s scout troop sets out to earn their Good-Deed badges, the boisterous girl pig knows just what to do: take care of her old, injured neighbor. Unfortunately, Sylvia Jean''s over-the-top energy proves too much for the ailing Mrs. VanHooven, whose doctor has prescribed peace, quiet, and no Sylvia Jean. Not to be deterred, the crafty pig scout heads straight to her handy dandy costume closet, and soon Mrs. VanHooven is visited by an artist, a cowboy, a ballerina, and others. But how will Sylvia Jean earn her badge if she can''t take credit for her good deed?

A snowy day brings many fun surprises

Like her older brother, the Gingerbread Boy, who was eventually devoured by a fox, the Gingerbread Girl eludes the many people who would like to eat her but also has a plan to escape her sibling''s fate.

A father''s work is never....

One day the earth gets a warm wake-up call from the sun -- it''s Spring! Earth tells a little worm, and before long the happy gossip travels far and wide. . . . Lisa Campbell Ernst celebrates the awakening of life that comes with Spring. Her playful words and pictures resonate with the cheeriness that rises with the season.

For use in schools and libraries only. Thirty years after Goldilocks first met the three bears, she returns to fix up their cottage and soothe her guilty conscience.

An adventuresome ladybug befriends an apprehensive caterpillar and helps him learn to enjoy life and be happy with what he is and what he becomes.

Long ago all the letters of the alphabet were together in their box, but one by one they disappeared and now the reader helps to find them.

An updated version, set on the prairie, of the familiar story about a little girl, her grandmother, and a not-so-clever wolf.

Darla doesn''t want a dirty dog around her Dairy Delight, but Duke patiently tries every tactic to convince her that her shop is his home.

When 1 duck spies 2 cars pulling up by the pond and out dash 3 dogs, 4 boys, 5 girls, picnic pandemonium is about to begin. "An imaginative wordless story book....A counting book extraordinaire."--School Library Journal.

Zinnia and Dot, self-satisfied hens who bicker constantly about who lays better eggs, put aside their differences to protect a prime specimen from a marauding weasel.

When he learns that Lucky is not his real name, but only a nickname given to him by his grandfather, a young boy''s outlook on his whole life changes.

Stuart clashes with his father, a developer, over the design of a park that threatens an ancient oak tree where his squirrel friend Chuck lives.

A singing cow''s talent brings her stardom, but she soon longs to be back at the farm--if she can get away from her greedy manager.

CHILDREN''S BOOKS/AGES 4-8

Ginger the dog loves performing in the circus, but she is unable to summon the courage for a new trick until she finds the little girl companion about whom she has been dreaming.

Instead of helping his aunt with her gardening as in previous summers, Hamilton seeks celebrity by having an art show, with unexpected results for both of them.