New Releases by Bruce Coville

Who doesn''t like frogs? So they''re green and well, slimy. Frogs have charisma, charm, and even a few stories to tell. With the help of eight of today''s most fanciful writers, frogs finally have their day. From New York Times best-selling author Brian Jacques''s tale of a menacing frogbeast, to Janet Taylor Lisle''s story of the frog-people of Quicksand Pond, to Jane Yolen''s Pied Piper take on our froggy green friends, these hilarious fables and touching fairy tales are for every reader who has ever rooted for the underfrog. "Release #your# inner frog with this kickin'' collection." (Kirkus Reviews)

When Tim comes home from school and finds Beebo, a two-foot-high orange alien, he knows that he''s in for trouble.

A collection of nine short stories featuring a ghost, a goblin, a giant, and other unusual creatures.

Pleskit, a sixth-grade student from another planet, tries peanut butter, which makes him romantic.

Pleskit''s new in school. Pleskit''s taking part in a classroom science project - but he''s not a natural scientist and soon he''s causing chaos in the chemistry lab If he''s not careful, the school will have to be evacuated...Can Tim help the little alien avoid disaster?

Some kids lose their homework. Some kids lose their math book, or their sneakers, or their lunch. Pleskit Meenom, first alien kid to go to school on Earth, has a bigger problem: He''s lost his grandfather''s brain!

When aliens come to Earth on an interplanetary trade mission, Tim makes friends with the ambassador''s son and together they uncover a plot to sabotage the mission. Series has good covers. 9 yrs+

Twelve tales about unicorns in different lands and times.

Blork and his friends run into a prehistoric poodnoobie when they accidentally travel back in time to Splat. There, they learn how to survive in a world filled with enormous creatures that can''t wait to find out what they taste like. Until they meet the most mysterious creature of all--and Blork is forced to make a terrible decision that will affect the future of the entire planet.

Sixteen-year-old Fortune Plunkett faces many challenges on an overland journey to California in 1853 with the acting company that she inherited from her father.

An anthology of eleven monster tales includes creatures of the forest, swamp, school bus, and vending machines

When Dr. Pimento fiddles with the wiring on the new ship, Blork and his crew end up miles off course and are forced to land on the Planet of the Dips, the silliest planet in the galaxy.

Five brilliant but wacky kids get dragged to a deserted island by their scientist parents and have to save themselves from a mad bomber.

An earth girl escapes capture by leaping to the land of the unicorns.

Anthology of creepy stories.

In this collection you will meet a host of ghosts, some frightening, some lonely, and some funny.

Space Brat Blork, Moomie Peevik, Appus Meko, and their pets are captured by the dread Squat and taken to his planet Snarf.

Rod is surprised when a miniature spaceship lands in his school science project and reveals five tiny aliens, who ask his help in apprehending an interstellar criminal.

When William''s new friend, Igor, accidentally releases a horde of goblins, the two must journey to Goblin Land to undo the damage.

Small for his age but artistically talented, twelve-year-old Jeremy Thatcher unknowingly buys a dragon''s egg. When she hatched, she was just a little dragon, but she grew, and grew, and grew.

Stuart returns to movie camp for the summer, and finds that his fellow campers are turning into monsters--without the help of makeup or special effects.

Stuart attends a movie camp run by the man that makes the world''s scariest movies.

Sixth-grader Nina Tanleven and her friend Chris befriend the Civil War ghost at an old inn and this leads them into mystery and danger.

Although she tries to keep her friendship with Oakhorn a secret, Sarah''s wicked aunt finds out and is determined to rob the unicorn of his magic.