New Releases by Dorothy Butler

The Brown family eagerly awaits the return of their eldest son John who is arriving on the steamship Wakatere with a special present-- a pet monkey. Suggested level: junior, primary.

Happily, Mabel and Ned are the parents of a new baby, but unhappily, they are not good at taking care of her. And thus begins a tale.

Both good and bad luck accompany Mabel as she tries to get across her island to her new home.

Picture book about a very special cat.

This children''s counting book has a strong theme: the counting is based on birds, but there are also many other objects, in the pictures, to be counted.

On reading books with babies and young children.

"A collection of stories and poems by New Zealand writers, but for children all around the world. Mysterious and chilling, dramatic and exciting, warm and funny by turns: there''s something here to entertain every child. And as an added bonus he or she will learn more about the beautiful land of New Zealand."--Page 4 of cover.

Grade level: k, p, t.

Family and official papers of the Ferrers family of Tamworth Castle dating from the fourteenth through the nineteenth century (mostly mid-sixteenth century to mid-seventeenth century) concerning the family''s political, legal, financial, personal, and manorial affairs mostly in Derbyshire, Essex, Leicestershire, Staffordshire, and Warwickshire.