New Releases by Dori Butler

Buddy is in the school library and kids are taking turns reading with him. While Buddy listens to a ghost story, he hears rustling in the shelves behind him. He turns to look, but doesn''t see anyone back there. He hears a book fall. Something smells strange. Not human...not canine, not like anything Buddy has ever smelled before. Could it maybe be the school ghost Buddy has heard so much about? When the child he''s sitting with leaves, Buddy goes over to the shelves to investigate...and comes face to face with a mysterious creature that has a long, blue tongue.

Tortoise has been working out. But has he been working out enough to beat Hare in the big race?

Fold out the legs and arms of this ingenious book to find a doll that can actually sit on the potty just like a child. Hidden in Zacks chest is a picture book all about learning to go on a potty. Also includes a potty chart, stickers, and a parents booklet in the backpack.

Fold out the legs and arms of this ingenious book to find a doll that can actually sit on the potty just like a child. Hidden in Zoe''s chest is a picture book all about learning to go on a potty. Also includes a potty chart, stickers, and a parents booklet in the backpack.

Perform this script about a sheep who dresses up like a wolf.

Perform this script about what really happened between Hansel and Gretel and Esmerelda the witch.

Perform this Aesop''s fable about a Tortoise''s attempt to beat Hare in a race.

Girls can''t play baseball at Hoover Middle School, but Joelle is determined to find a way to play the game she loves. It''s not fair! Thirteen-year-old Joelle Cunningham is passionate about baseball. When her family moves to the small town of Greendale, Iowa, she quickly discovers that there are strict rules preventing her from playing on the school team. At Hoover Middle School, only boys play baseball. Girls play softball. Joelle tries to tell everyone they''re not the same sport. But no one is listening. Not Coach Carlyle who doesn''t want her on his team, even though they''re at the bottom of the league. Not Ms. Fenner, the softball coach who wants Joelle to use her big-league swing on the girls'' softball team. Not even Jason, her older brother, who is too busy at college to be of much help. Through some creative problem-solving and surprising alliances, Joelle finds a solution to her dilemma that brings the disputing sides together...and baseball to the girls of Greendale. Author Dori Hillestad Butler has created a high-spirited, indomitable character that readers will admire and root for in this story of frustrated ambition and ultimate triumph.