New Releases by Eileen Browne

A cast of nocturnal creatures are the surprise stars in a funny tale about nighttime fears, set in southwest Kenya. The latest tale in the best-selling Handa series. When Handa sleeps over at her friend Akeyo’s house, she hears lots of strange sounds in the night: snorts, chattering, rattling, squeaks, slurps, wails, a big thud. Akeyo says it’s just her family, laughing, talking, playing music, riding a bike, drinking their bedtime milk. Or maybe the baby crying. Or a door slamming. But is she right? Young readers will be happy to be in on the joke as a sequence of animals pay a visit on the facing pages: a pig, fox, porcupine, bat, pangolin, bush baby, owl, and woodpecker. Illustrated in luminous colors, Eileen Brown’s humorous take on things that go bump in the night includes endpapers picturing and naming all the nocturnal creatures.

"Handa o baa mefuta e le supa ya maungo a a monate a a farologaneng mo mmanking go a isetsa tsala ya gagwe Akeyo e le dimakatso. Le gale Handa o feta mo diphologolong tse di farologaneng, mme maungo a lebega a ngoka tota ..."--

Mae Handa''n rhoi saith ffrwyth blasus, gwahanol mewn basged i fynd â nhw''n syrpréis i''w ffrind, Akeyo. Ond mae Handa''n cerdded heibio i nifer o wahanol anifeiliaid, ac mae''r ffrwythau yn edrych yn ddeniadol iawn... -- Cyngor Llyfrau Cymru

Handa packs a basket with different kinds of fruit to take to her friend Akeyo. She carries the basket on her head and along the way various animals help themselves to the fruit until there is nothing left. However, when a goat bumps into a naartjie tree, lots of naartjies fall into the basket.

Mae Handa yn rhoi saith ffrwyth blasus, gwahanol mewn basged i fynd â nhw''n syrpreis i''w ffrind Akeyo. Ond, mae Handa''n cerdded heibio i nifer o wahanol anifeiliaid, ac mae''r ffrwythau yn edrych yn ddeniadol iawn ... Addasiad dwyieithog o lyfr a gyhoeddwyd gyntaf yn Saesneg yn 1994. -- Cyngor Llyfrau Cymru

Simple rhyming text and colorful illustrations tell about the day Mary''s dinosaur goes to school.

Improve children''s listening and speaking skills with the story of how a group of animals travel to the cool and sparkling river.

Containing text and exercises which can be used to improve children''s speaking and listening skills, the ''QED Start Reading and Listening'' series encourages children to explore familiar themes and characters while developing their own judgements and opinions.

32 Page Full Colour

Handa and her friend Akeyo find two butterflies near the hen house... But where is Grandma''s black hen''... Vietnamese version by Ben Lovett and Nguyen Thu Hien. In Vietnamese/English. Distributed by Tsai Fong Books, Inc.

Handa and her friend Akeyo find two butterflies near the hen house... But where is Grandma''s black hen''... Vietnamese version by Ben Lovett and Nguyen Thu Hien. In Vietnamese/English. Distributed by Tsai Fong Books, Inc.

Handa puts seven different delicious fruits in a basket to take to her firend Akeyo as a surprise. But Handa''s walk takes her past a variety of animals, and the fruits do look very inviting ...

Handa puts seven different delicious fruits in a basket to take to her firend Akeyo as a surprise. But Handa''s walk takes her past a variety of animals, and the fruits do look very inviting ...

Children''s Fiction

32 Page Full Colour