New Releases by Ann Blades

Whimsical watercolors illustrate the retelling of this Yiddish folk tale about moving to a smaller house.

When six of her seven kids are swallowed by a wicked wolf, Old Mother Goat devises a way to rescue them.

As the ice finally clears the river, Charlie, a boy of the Indian reserve of Tache in northern British Columbia, joins his grandparents for the annual spring beaver hunt. They travel by boat to their hunting camp, and Charlie and his grandfather, Za, set their traps. But they’re not at the camp long when Za becomes ill and Charlie must go alone to get help. This is a simple, realistic story of how a native people continues traditional ways, and a touching story of a young boy’s growing maturity and responsibility.

A brother and sister revel in the fall woodlands.

A brother and sister pay a springtime visit to the zoo to see the baby animals.

Explains why seasons change and describes the ways trees, animals, and people react to winter.

Different seashore experiences illustrate the alphabet.

Grade level: 5, 6, 7, e, i.

Mary's father tells her she cannot keep a wolf puppy since the only animals kept by families in the cold North are those that work or provide food.