New Releases by Diane De Groat

When a rabbit begins plundering Mama''s beautiful vegetable garden, Charlie the loveable basset hound attempts various ways to stop the quick and clever rabbit from eating up all the delicious carrots.

Charlie the irrepressible basset hound embarks on the life of famous rock-and-roll star before discovering that he misses the ranch.

Follows the efforts of the ranch basset hound to teach rules to a new puppy who sleeps in Charlie''s bed, drinks his water, and eats his bacon.

Before Lewis''s birthday party, Gilbert''s mother wisely substitutes a toy for the frying pan Gilbert wants to give Lewis, the class meanie. By the creator of Jingle Bells, Homework Smells. Reprint.

It''s the last day of first grade and Gilbert isn''t sure what he''s feeling. He''s excited about summer vacation, but he will miss his teacher and his friends. He''s also uncertain about the awards to be presented -- what can he possibly be best at? As the normal class routine is replaced by end of school activities, Gilbert deals with this typical rite of passage in a memorable and reassuring manner.

When Gilbert and Lola''s cousin Wally comes to visit for Easter, he learns a lesson about being greedy during the annual Easter egg hunt.

Gilbert''s excitement over starting first grade turns to worry that the teacher will be mean, the work too hard, and his classmates too unfriendly, but throughout the day there are pleasant surprises.

Gilbert the opossum gets stuck with a tattletale "buddy" on a class trip to Pilgrim Town.

Gilbert is excited about staying overnight at Camp Hi-Dee-Ho, until he hears about the legendary camp ghost.

Gilbert''s as thrilled as can be with his Martian Space Pilot costume--until it''s time to change for the school Halloween parade and he discovers that he''s taken the wrong costume bag . . . the one containing his sister''s "ballerina" outfit! Full color.

When Gilbert writes two not-so-nice valentines to his classmates, his prank quickly turns into pandemonium. But there''s always time for a change of heart on Valentine''s Day.

Third grader Annie Pitts is excited about getting the part of the swamp monster in a high school student''s low-budget horror movie, until she finds out how much hard work is involved.

It is a serious problem when an alligator gets a toothache especially when it is afraid of the dentist.