New Releases by Diana Hendry

The Donovans are afraid of so many things that the family gets a dog from the animal shelter to protect them.

Stories about the friendship between two girls of different races

There are 7 Dottingtons and they are all scared of something. The answer, they decide, is to get a dog, and Hero seems the perfect choice. But he is also scared of absolutely everything In comforting him, the family forget about their own fears.

Eliza longs to escape from her small English seaside town with a romantic beatnik.

One-Eyed Penguin, Knitted Owl, Albapot and Raggy Christine are abandoned in the attic - uncared for and unloved. One Christmas Eve, Father Christmas decides that they will be the perfect present for Lily Peppermint. But what about the children of Hartlepool? Who is going to deliver THEIR presents when Father Christmas is stuck in a cupboard hiding from the new owners. . . . ?

Opening with a group of poems set in Crete, this book also features poems about Christmas, pianos, family, people (real and imaginary), pigeons and skylarks.

Der neue Untermieter übertrifft alles Dagewesene: Nicht allein, dass er Pauker an Jess und Jennys Schule ist, er sammelt auch noch Würmer, züchtet Maden und hat ein Gerippe zum Freund.

Henry lives with his penny-pinching Aunt and life is pretty miserable until a strange lodger comes to stay

Ever since Ned and Jess''s parents split, they''ve had to put up with lodgers in the house, and they''ve all been disasters. So they aren''t exactly thrilled when Mum announces the arrival of Kid Kibble - especially when they learn that he is a teacher at their school. Jess takes against him at once, sure that he''ll be good and clean and boring. But boring is one thing that Kid Kibble is certainly not. He arrives with a skeleton over his shoulder, a variety of animals and a trombone. Biologist, musician and eccentric, Kid Kibble turns the house into one huge laboratory, culminating in an episode when a plague of locusts and a host of bats take up lodgings in the kitchen. In the end even Jess is won over.

A kitten does not like it when his mother goes away without him, but after enjoying some time by himself, he understands why she does it.

Having just moved to the city from a country cottage, Hannah feels unsettled until she meets Eliza and Jenny and becomes a rainbow watcher for Mrs. Middlesome-Merry, a local artist who paints only flowers.

When the animals in Harry''s dreams settle in the park across the street, the park gardener finds homes in the zoo for all of them, except the stubborn camel.

Christmas brings aunts, uncles, friends, and strangers to the house on Exeter Street, where the holiday gradually becomes a crowded but festive occasion.

At first Hannah dislikes the idea of moving from Dungee Farm Cottage to a house in the city, but she soon finds the new house friendly and learns how to talk to the big tree outside her window.