New Releases by Ann Mcgovern

Alors que sa mère travaille, Eugénie découvre à neuf ans le monde aquatique à travers les vitres de l''aquarium de New-York. "Petite fille, elle rêvait de marcher au fond de la mer parmi les poissons, de nager avec les requins et de devenir professeur. Plus tard, elle rêva de travailler dans son propre laboratoire de biologie marine. Tous ces rêves se sont réalisés". Cette biographie est édifiante: éloquente pour les garçons, tonifiante pour les filles. Ichtyologiste, mère de quatre enfants, Eugénie Clark a su s''accomplir.

A lonely, thin man searches for just the right companion to share the narrowest house in the city.

SUMMARY: Describes a day in the life of a family of fourteen gorillas in the Virunga Mountains in central Africa. Describes how they look after themselves and each other; how they feed, sleep and protect themselves.

Describes the life of a humpback whale from the time of her birth when she weighs almost a ton to adulthood five years later.

A biography of the ichthyologist whose interest in fish began at the age of nine during weekly trips to the Aquarium in New York City.

Brief poems accompanied by photographs explore a variety of feelings.

Easy-to-read text and pictures answer basic questions about sharks.

Describes the building of coral reefs and the animal life going on around them.

Brief biographies of three Indian chiefs who struggled to save their people from the white man''s oppression.

Ghost stories, games, magic tricks, questions and answers, word puzzles for Halloween or year-round scares.

The old man and his son try to please everyone they meet on the road but they please no one, least of all themselves.

A biography of the courageous slave from Maryland who escaped to the freedom of the north, and then returned, time and again, to lead others to freedom.