New Releases by Ellen Weiss

Cette histoire nous emmène sur les traces de deux amis de toujours, Tulio et Miguel, vauriens assoiffés d''or et de gloire. Longtemps ils ont été pauvres, vivant de combines et d''intrigues dans leur Espagne natale. Mais, un jour, le destin place sur leur chemin la carte de la fabuleuse cité d''Eldorado. Là commence l''aventure qui va les mener au travers des océans déchaînés, au milieu de jungles mystérieuses, jusqu''aux portes de la cité d''or, pour ce qui sera leur plus grande escroquerie. Après bien des péripéties, alors qu''ils pensent avoir enfin atteint le pouvoir et la richesse, le sort leur joue un dernier tour... ils découvriront finalement qu''il n''y a pas plus grand trésor que leur amitié. On retrouve dans ce récit captivant, magnifiquement illustré toutes les émotions du nouveau film de Dream Works.

"Cooped up like prisoners, Ginger and her flock dream of freedom. But escape from Tweedy''s Farm seems like nothing more that a flight of fancy until Rock the Rhode Island Red drops into their lives."--back cover.

Two child-friendly stories explore preschool issues and the "circle of life" through exciting, read-aloud adventure.

Captured in colorful, jewel-toned paintings and witty wording, the tale of the search for the lost city of gold is retold in this classic edition perfect for parents and children to share.

With each object identified with bright, bold labels, preschools are introduced to 150 new words. 75,000.

Anna wants to take her lucky penny to camp on the first day because she is feeling a little afraid.

When Mickey Mouse opens his own detective agency, his first case is a big one: Father Time has lost his special Millennium hourglass. Without it, no one can start the new millennium. Mickey''s hot on the trail of the missing hourglass and helps a few of his friends find their missing items, too. Of course, when the hourglass is finally found, Mickey has a big Millennium celebration with Minnie, Donald, Goofy, and all of his friends. Children will delight in searching out the hidden objects in this playful young visual mystery.

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

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

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.

One of the most important gifts parents can give to their children is an understanding of positive values. The Values to Grow On series will help children learn about values such as honesty, friendship, sharing, responsibility, love and self esteem. The delightful stories in this series feature Jim Henson''s Muppets in entertaining adventures that no only provide gently lessons, but also provide hours of reading pleasure.

Bean the rabbit scrapes his knee. Although he can''t make it go away, he can take care of his boo-boo until it heals.

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.

A Muppet baby takes a big step as he goes from drinking from a bottle to drinking from a cup. On board pages.

String Bean is distressed and feels that she is too tall to fit in anywhere, until disaster strikes and she is the only bean the right size to help.

Dishonest Wax Bean convinces his friends that he knows a glamorous movie star and cannot confess his lie when she comes to town to open her new movie.

Dishonest Wax Bean convinces his friends that he knows a glamorous movie star and cannot confess his lie when she comes to town to open her new movie.

Bean Spout learns to appreciate her small size when she and her bean friends become trapped in a cave while searching for buried treasure.

The discovery of the long-lost diary of Marco Polo takes intrepid archaeologist Indiana Jones and the reader to Mongolia''s perilous Gobi Desert to search for the treasure of Genghis Khan.

This beautifully written and abundantly illustrated study of Wesleyan Grove, the Martha''s Vineyard camp meeting, reveals how the values inherent in this campground community--a physical environment of psychic dislocation, social density, and nature immersion--are among the sources of the American urge to live in the suburbs.

After their assistant architect designs the Perfect Building, the Doozers of Fraggle Rock stop building things and must cope with the resulting boredom.

Two droid friends, Artoo and Threepio help their master and mistress foil a gang of pirates who have been attacking fuel shipments destined for the peaceful planet of Tammuz-An.

R2D2 and 3CPO find a new master and adventure with a lost prince in dangerous mines.

Mokey Fraggle has a wonderful birthday but is in a dilemma when her best friend gives her a present that she doesn''t like.

Kermit, Miss Piggy, and the other Muppets seek a little fame and $38.47 worth of fortune after the Alpha Disposal Units destroy their theater.