New Releases by CAROLINE PITCHER

Die goedhartige Hannetjie Pan laat al die diere in haar warm skuur bly - almal behalwe die hond. Hy is te groot en te rof Maar toe die nare jakkals kom pla, verander Hannetjie gou van plan

Emma Peek - M to her friends - tells the story of one summer at school. On the bus with her friends, Lizzie and Star, she contemplates the horrible week of exams ahead. But the bus has a cast of characters of its own - the Unspeakable Jono Watkins, the glossy Boss Woman (who the Ring Fairy has visited with a finger-full of blue flashers), and Tuba Boy (who flushes Szechuan red sauce colour, struggling with a tuba bigger than he has). And of course, at the Most Important Bus Stop at the Very Centre of the Universe, the Beautiful Stranger. Lizzie has to cope with broken heart when her dreamboat, Steve the bus driver, turns up married, while Star (coping with the prejudices of her dad''s very white second family towards her mixed-race skin) endures being called a blue-stocking by their form teacher, Dodo Dollop. Weekends are spent in the Good Looking Cafe, gazing at the family of smouldery Good Lookings who run it, singing arias while they scoop ice cream and froth cappuccinos. And in the park there''s Pram Gran, with her pram full of dog, daintily licking an ice-cream - not like M''s dog Basil who gobbles garlic. parents to the utility room with sleeping bags and a video of The Sound of Music), M gets breathless after an e-mail from the Beautiful Stranger, Pram Gran gets together with Great Uncle Good Looking. But Star''s so unhappy she tries to fly away to Greece, until M and Lizzie find her in the airport bookshop. Star''s mum flies in to be with her, and, after the tears and lots of 11 O''clock Chocolate Cake, it looks as though after the summer, life might finally be about to start...

Molly Maran was a kind hearted hen. She was quite happy to share her cosy warn barn with Robin and Hedgehog, but she wasn''t sure that she wanted the dog to stay until, that is, the fox came to visit.

One in a series of graphic novels for 9-12 year-olds, especially boys, there are integrated black and white illustrations on every page, using comic strip conventions and cinematic devices (panning shots, close-ups and flash-backs). Pacy well plotted texts are written by established authors.

A curious bear cub named Ulla leaves the cosy comfort of her winter den in search of Spring in this warm tale of cold-weather misunderstanding.

A childless old woman is given a merbaby to raise until the child can safely return to the sea.

A dare turns deadly as six kids are cut off by the seas. One of them is hurt, it''s the middle of the night, and they have only themselves to blame.

The newly-born foal is unsteady on his wobbly legs. He is afraid of the wind and of the big dark all around him, and he is worried that his mother will leave him. She assures him that one day he will feel safe without her, but the foal cannot believe he will ever want to leave his mother''s side.

Album - cheval - relation mère-enfant - autonomie.

A magical tale of the special bond between father and son recounts how young Joseph, living in the African Savannah, comes to love a lion living nearby and how he learns to both love and trust his father. At night while his village sleeps, young Joseph hears a lion''s roar thunderclap across the wide East African Savannah. Joseph''s father tells him that it is not the right time to go and meet the lion, but when Joseph sees the lion racing towards him, his great head streaming with gold and his paws as big as drums, a special friendship begins. Every noontime Joseph visits the lion''s den. He sleeps beside the lion, meets the lioness, and plays with the young cubs. Then one day, traders come looking for lion cubs and an anxious fear awakens in Joseph: he suspects that his father has betrayed the lions. This beautiful father/son tale explores an unusual friendship and a child''s rite of passage. The Time of the Lion creates a metaphor for the magic of childhood, a time when fantasy is reality, and lions are our friends. The beautiful artwork is the perfect compliment to this tale, capturing the power and mystery of the African Savannah.

A mother horse reassures her young foal that soon he will be big enough to stay by himself and not even miss her.

Step-by-step illustrated instructions make reading unnecessary to make a variety of animals out of materials available at home or school.

Explains how to use cardboard, plastic containers, and paper to make toy models of airplanes, spaceships, helicopters, robots, and flying saucers.