New Releases by Brinton Turkle

1970 Caldecott Honor Book. Obadiah, a young Quaker boy, is being followed by a sea gull. When he wishes the bird would leave him alone, it does, but Obadiah soon begins to miss it.

A seagull befriends a Quaker boy, much to his embarrassment, and it is not until he has helped the bird that he can accept its friendship.

A curious bear explores a cabin in the forest with disastrous results.

The fighting Fogle brothers can hardly believe that little Lysander Bochamp is related to them, but welcome him to the family when they find out that his fiddle playing can charm the animals out of the forest.

Following a storm Miss Moody and her cat find an intriguing bottle washed up on the beach. Should they ignore its "Do not open" warning? Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.

Both Rachel and Obadiah want to earn some money by carrying the news of the next ship''s arrival to Nantucket.

A young boy''s desire to be a pirate is quelled by his brothers and sister during a game.

What did colonial people look like? What happened if you were sick in colonial times? What happened if you didn''t behave in school? what happened to people who broke laws? There are many questions and many answers and pictures in this wonderful book about colonial times.

Disguised as a monster, Arnold tries to scare his friends with astonishing results.

Obadiah has some wild tales to tell of hairbreadth escapes from wild wolves and the capture of a fierce lion. His brothers and sisters love his tales, but his gentle Quaker parents aren''t too pleased with his fibbing--even when his latest tale just might be true. Full-color illustrations.

A little boy is convinced that the white dog he finds on the beach is the same one he used to see playing among the clouds overhead.

A ghost and a witch agree to help the jackdaws prevent the razing of Mooncoin Castle ruins to make way for a supermarket.

Outwitted by a magician who gives her a doll instead of a promised white rabbit, Millicent and her father travel to Paris and London in pursuit of the trickster.

During one of his several adventurous voyages in the 1600s, an Englishman becomes the sole survivor of a shipwreck and lives for nearly thirty years on a deserted island.