New Releases by Colin Bootman

With the guileless wonder and innocence of a little girl, Alaina is profoundly changed by the performance. As she falls in love with the art of live theater, her enthusiasm lands her center stage. "But when I opened my mouth, the right words didn''t come out. I was too excited to say that little speech. It wasn''t good enough for that great play, so..."

A mysterious man appears in Harlem and promises to rid the city of its rats by playing the steel pan drum, in a retelling of The Pied Piper of Hamelin set during the Harlem Renaissance. By the illustrator of the Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor Book, Almost to Freedom.

In Trinidad, two brothers try fishing in a new place, hoping to bring home a big catch for their grandmother.