New Releases by Margaret Snyder

Elmo wants to share his day with you! There's so much to do and learn. While reading this story, kids will find five different wheel activities where they can match up weather and clothing, colors, shapes, patterns, and animal sounds. They can even help Elmo make pairs of socks fresh out of the laundry. Children will want to be part of Elmo's Day again and again.

While visiting Dragon Land, Max finds an egg that hatches into a little creature, and then Max and his friend Ord argue about whether it is a dragon or a dinosaur.

Quetzal asks the young dragons to bring various items for a school project that will be a surprise. But they bring back all the wrong things. So Quetzal instructs them to listen carefully and together the students find ways to help each other remember. Soon they bring back all the correct items for planting a special kind of garden.

"Hide-and-Seek with their dragon friends is fun until Emmy decides that she and Max should hide in the Forest of Darkness. Now they're lost and can't wait to be found!" -- Amazon website.

Cassie and Emmy are as opposite as two girls can be, but they're best friends. Emmy's enthusiasm and energy, coupled with Cassie's thoughtfulness and caring, enable this duo to accomplish just about anything. Together, they combine their different strengths to gather some delicious Sunshine Lemonade from the Dandelion Forest--without waking the grumpy dandelions! Illustrations.

Ord the dragon learns that finishing and not necessarily winning is the best part of being in a race.

Even though he might miss flying his own kite on Kite Day, Ord the dragon tries to help Cassie find her missing kite.

When Ord the dragon blows out the candles on his birthday cake, his wish comes true, but the experience may not be as wonderful as he expects.

Ord, the very big and lovable dragon, has a special job. He must enter the Forest of Darkness and retrieve a magical star seed. But Ord is afraid of the dark! Will Ord be able to overcome his fear? Full-color illustrations.

The magic of storytelling unfolds in page after beautiful page of these early-reader paperbacks that are perfect for reading aloud and simple enough for children who are ready to spread their reading wings. Priced so affordably, parents will collect them all!

First Steps board books give toddlers and young children, ages 2-5, their first look at religious topics such as Bible stories, going to mass, and prayer.

First Steps board books give toddlers and young children, ages 2-5, their first look at religious topics such as Bible stories, going to mass, and prayer.

Transforming Development is uniquely appropriate reading at a time when civil society and the private sector are popular concepts and foreign aid is under fire. This books shows that given the chance, women are instrumental in expanding and democratizing national economies: they create wealth and family well-being. Through a history of UNIFEM, the United Nations Development Fund for Women, the author shows how the large-scale investments of governments, the World Bank, the United Nations and other organizations can become both more effectively and gender-sensitive.The book includes both a history of UNIFEM with its struggle to survive political and bureaucratic power games, and an examination of some of the activities which UNIFEM has assisted, from village-level projects to national and regional policy interventions.

In this adaptation of the traditional tale of Cinderella a lovely peasant girl working as a servant for Duke Donald and his three spoiled nephews serves as heroine.