New Releases by ELLEN WEISS

For Z, life as an ant is not all it''s cracked up to be. When an unlikely turn of events marks him as a hero, he rises to the challenge, leading the entire worker ant colony in a revolution against conformity.

Details from the painting "The Entry of the Animals into Noah''s Ark," by Jan Brueghel, present twenty-two different animals with their names in English, French, German, Italian, and Japanese.

Aided by a talking gerbil and a talking parrot, Garth and his new friend Marcus devise a plan to expose a nasty substitute teacher.

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A group of friends look for and help animals in distress. 9-12 yrs.

When Garth takes the class gerbil home for the summer, he discovers that he can talk not only with Weebie but also with other animals.

Describes the physical characteristics, habitat, and behavior of the African elephant, as tall as a one-story house, as heavy as five station wagons.

While Lisa is keeping a chimp at her house, she discovers that he knows sign language and she and her friends hope to find a way to keep him from being taken to live at the zoo.

Abby helps rescue an abandoned miniature horse, but has to find a home for her new friend before her dad finds out.

When Norton and Marigold Bicker''s time machine backfires, their children, twelve-year-old Marie and nine-year-old Eddie, try to save them as they mentally become younger and younger.

Big Bird, Ernie, and Bert visit all the animals at the zoo trying to find Mr. Snuffle-upagus'' friend.

This series of books has been especially created to teach preschool childen basic concepts and to help them discover and understand the excitng world around them. This book is about visiting the doctor for a check up.

This series will help children learn about values such as honesty, friendship, sharing, responsibility, love, and self-esteem.

Surveys the world of prehistoric life before and after the dinosaurs and gives alphabetically arranged descriptions of dinosaur species, from Acanthopholis to Zephyrosaurus.

When Bean Bunny moved to town, he had a lot of trouble making friends because he was feeling shy. But after spending time wiith Kermit and Fozzie, they had a lot of fun together. That made Bean feel more comfortable. He was able to stop feeling so shy and start making friends.

Introduces a variety of the birds that are to be found in the cities, woodlands, mountains, and other parts of North America.

Tod Watson is transformed from an eight-year-old into a superhero. Stepping Stone.

With the help of a rat costume, Tod Watson is transformed from an ordinary eight-year-old into a superhero name Ratman.

Although he cannot beanpole-vault as high as String Bean or run as fast as Jumping Bean, Lima Bean finds a way to compete in the Bean-a-thon.

Mean Bean changes his nasty ways after a visit from his even nastier cousin.

Snap Bean alienates his fellow workers by being disagreeable but discovers that working together gets the job done faster.

Green Bean spends all of her time and energy feeling jealous of her bean friends until Boston Bean helps her to discover her own special talents.

Jelly Bean''s friends, tired of being the victims of his constant practical jokes, get back at him by pretending they have forgotten his birthday.

Wealthy but lonely Boston Bean learns that true friends cannot be bought.