New Release Books by Diane Wolkstein

On the Jewish holidays, portions of stories are told. An exquisite teller of tales, Wolkstein has gifted readers with the full story for each holiday. Each of the 27 stories in "Treasures" is introduced in both historical and symbolic time.

Summary: When Little Mouse's friends look at the painting she has created, they do not all see the same thing.

A portrait of Esther, a shy orphan girl, who becomes a queen and is willing to risk the wrath of a king in order to save her people.

A king builds a glass mountain which any man who wants to marry his daughter must climb--but when Princess Raina tries to help one special suitor succeed, she falls through a deep crack and is trapped in an underground world. Full color.

The world is a very big when you are very small. But that doesn't stop a little ant from leaving home to visit her friend. Step by step she goes: over a stone, across a leaf, under a branch... until she arrives. Tiny children, who also travel through a very big world, will share the wonder of this little ant's big adventure, as well as the feeling of accomplishment at journey's end. Diane Wolkstein's engaging story of a delight-filled visit and Jos. A. Smith's richly textured pictures from an ant's point of view create a world that will amaze you -- all young adventurers.

After much coaching, Bouki wins the prize for dancing the king's secret dance but is then outwitted by his sneaky friend.

Passion, joy, and longing abound in seven original classic love stories, newly retold by a master storyteller. Wolkstein has vividly re-created unforgettable myths of love, published together in a single collection for the first time. Includes "Inanna and Dumuzi", "Shiva and Sati", "The Song of Songs", "Psyche and Eros", and more.

The little tiger, Teegra, gives Cabree, a little goat, a magic banjo that later protects her from the dangers of the jungle.

A strange event occurs across the land when a little Chinese goose girl sprinkles her shoulders with water and begins to wave her arms, believing that she will sprout wings, fly, and enjoy all the beautiful flowers of spring.

A fresh retelling of the ancient texts about Ishtar, the world's first goddess. Illustrated with visual artifacts of the period. "A great masterpiece of universal literature."--Mircea Eliade

Translation and retelling of the Inanna stories from the Sumerian.

After hearing Ocean's stories, Sun invites Ocean to the house he shares with his wife, Moon, but his visitor proves to be more than his house can hold, in a magical creation myth by the illustrators of CoppTlia.

Follows a little ant's journey, step-by-step, as she goes to visit her friend.

A superstitious schoolmaster, in love with a wealthy farmer's daughter, has a terrifying encounter with a headless horseman.

Kuo Ming's discovery of a moon goddess inside a snail shell changes his lonely life.

Retells the Chinese tale in which the governor's clever son finds a way to weigh an elephant.