New Releases by Dennis Nolan

Dinosaurs disappeared completely from the Earth many, many years ago...or did they? An ALA Notable Children''s Book A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year! Millions of years ago, dinosaurs roamed the shores of Mesozoic seas. They lay eggs in the shade of ginkgo trees, and as time went on, dinosaurs grew, and grew, and grew. There were so many different species of dinosaurs. Large, monstrous, and fearsome, they ruled the earth. Until gradually, there were no dinosaurs left. But they didn''t disappear completely. Some dinosaurs had feathers, which grew and grew...until all through the skies were hundreds of species of birds, which flew and flew. From the bestselling creator of Dinosaur Dream Dennis Nolan comes a poetic nonfiction picture book about how dinosaurs evolved into birds. A Bank Street Best Book of the Year - Outstanding Merit An ILA-CBC Children''s Choice!

The Adventures of Little Porker: Porker Goes on a Diet Porker was the chubbiest and cutest piglet in the litter, and has a very special ability; not only can he talk to all the barnyard animals but he can also talk to most of the insects in the garden. He is very friendly and likes to make friends with everyone he meets and it seems that everyone wants to be Poker''s friend too. He eats five times more than his twin brother and is really, really fat. Porker is almost two years old, and finds himself in big trouble because of his weight. Mr. and Mrs. Tom is about to sell him because they can no longer aford to feed him. He must contact all his friends to help him get out of trouble with Mr. and Mrs. Tom. Will Poker be able to lose 173 pounds before his third birthday so he can stay on the farm with his friends? This little adventure book is sure to capture the imagination of little children; it''s fun, interesting and will expose your child to early readers'' vocabularies. BONUS CHAPTER: Porker speaks Pig Latin when he gets excited or angry. Do you want to learn how to speak and understand Pig Latin too? Porker will teach you in the bonus chapter of this book.

On a warm night, a band of hunters sets out on a journey. As they travel over hills, through thickets of trees, and around mountains, nothing will keep them from their ultimate goal. What that goal is may surprise you. Dennis Nolan''s remarkable, imaginative illustrations lead the way in this wordless picture book about an epic journey. A Neal Porter Book

Sur la plage, une petite fille construit un château de sable. A la tombée de la nuit, la marée monte et les vagues menacent d''engloutir la jolie sculpture. Soudain, une lumière s''allume derrière l''une des fenêtres de la forteresse... Le château est habité ! C''est le début d''incroyables aventures.

This article discusses the important factor of seniority which is used in most American workplaces as a measure of employee rights. Labor arbitrators are often asked to read and interpret seniority provisions in collective bargaining agreements to determine whether management has promoted the right person or laid off the wrong person. As “the coin of the industrial realm,” seniority normally defines job preferences, benefit eligibility and benefit calculation. The article analyzes and critiques a series of arbitration cases to determine whether they fulfill the parties'' expectations.

A wordless picture book featuring a sandcastle that takes on a life of its own.

Ridiculed by all but her animal friends, little wingless Fia spends her days on the earth rather than in the sky. But when the boy fairy Kip invites her to attend the May Dance, she saves the day when a wicked troll arrives seeking a late-night snack of fairy wings. Full color.

After reading about dinosaurs and then falling asleep, Wilbur sees a baby apatosaurus outside his bedroom and travels backwards through time to return it to its Jurassic time period

A boy and his dog find a magic dinosaur bone that shows them what life was like among the dinosaurs.

Discusses the history, physical characteristics, and habits of various breeds of chickens.

The letters of the alphabet are introduced by a collection of friendly monsters.

Various monsters take turns blowing bubbles in amounts from one to twenty.