New Releases by JOHN BURNINGHAM

For 2-6 year olds -- Education Services, Wellington, N.Z.

A small girl reflects on the comfort she gets from her imaginary friend Aldo.

A small girl reflects on the comfort she gets from her imaginary friend Aldo.

Humbert, a working horse who pulls a scrap-dealer''s cart, comes to the rescue when the coach breaks down during the Lord Mayor''s procession.

In this delightful book John Burningham makes learning about colours a pleasure for young children.

Introduces the concept of opposites through labeled pictures of a boy interacting with a thin pig and a fat pig, a hot dragon and a cold snowman, and other creatures and situations.

Introduces the concept of opposites through labeled pictures of a boy interacting with a thin pig and a fat pig, a hot dragon and a cold snowman, and other creatures and situations.

Burningham''s lavish alphabet book is available in a board book edition that''s bursting with vigorous color and robust forms sure to capture the imagination. Full color. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.

Uses common object to introduce eleven different colors.

A little girl and her grandfather share very special moments.

A counting book that follows ten children as they clamber up into a big tree, until they are surprised by a final climber.

Describes a little boy''s various activities during the day. The text, a single word accompanying each illustration, is designed to serve as an introduction to reading.

Uses the merry antics of bears to familiarize very young children with the words for numbers.

Teaches number sets through the antics of various animals.

Young children learn subtraction through the story of a horse which loses its riders one by one.

Introduces the concept of written numerals by portraying the numbers one to five as gigantic physical objects that can be played with, dropped, and broken.

A single pig is joined by a second, and then by another and another, as humorous difficulties are overcome and children learn to add one pig to the others.

The Hargraves, a kind but scrawny family, want their new baby to grow up big and strong. But the tiny tyke will hardly eat a thing. One day, Mrs. Hargraves finds an avocado in the fruit bowl, and the infant gobbles it up. But then, the strangest things begin to happen as the baby develops superhuman strength. Just the book for picky eaters.