New Releases by James Howe

Harold, Chester, and Howie have a harrowing Halloween night worrying about Bunnicula as well as about a witch who comes into the house.

Harold the dog and his fellow pets, Howie and Chester, stand guard over Mr. Monroe, who''s made of chocolate fudge. But when they fall asleep, the fudge suddenly turns white and disappears altogether. Has Bunnicula the vampire bunny struck again? Full color.

Howie shows how being stinky can be an asset to a brave, clever, and adorable dachshund pup as he assumes the superhero alter ego of Stinky Dog. Illustrations.

Though scoffed at by Harold the dog, Chester the cat tries to warn his human family that their foundling baby bunny must be a vampire.

Howie writes that aliens have taken over Delilah''s mind, and who but Howie can possibly rescue her? Illustrations.

Sticks and stones may break our bones, but names will break our spirit.

An anthropological analysis of the importance of meetings in Kuna village-level politics.

Pinky and Rex and the Just Right Pet

When Bunnicula acts strangely, the Monroe dogs and cat renew their suspicions that he is a vampire. Captivating b&w illustrations keep readers on the edge wondering what will happen next.

Level 3: Reading Alone From the earliest stages of sounding out words to the excitement of reading a whole book without help, Ready-to-Read books open up a world of possibilities to children at three different levels: Level 1: Starting to Read Level 2: Reading Together Level 3: Reading Alone Pinky and Rex''s neighbor Mrs. Morgan isn''t really a mean old witch. But she sure acts like one, yelling and waving her broom around every time the kids step onto her lawn. Now she''s taken their ball, just because it accidentally rolled into her yard. So Rex and Pinky and Pinky''s sister, Amanda, come up with the perfect trick to play on the Mean Old Witch. But somehow, seeing Mrs. Morgan sitting all alone in her living room makes Pinky think getting even isn''t such a good idea after all. He tries a different plan, with results that surprise the kids as well as their neighbor.

Rex and her best friend Pinky, each the proud possessor of twenty-seven stuffed animals or dinosaurs, find their visit to the museum and its gift shop complicated by Pinky''s little sister Amanda.

Notes from the Universe

As she sits watching a seemingly perfect family and a handsome lifeguard on the beach, a lonely, troubled girl projects herself into the fantasy lives she has created for them.

Pinky and Rex share a weekend with their fathers camping indoors due to rain.

When eleven-year-old Maria must go to the hospital for open-heart surgery, she finds strength in her friendship with a badly scarred burn victim.

Young sleuth Sebastian and three friends probe the mystery of a poisoning in their school cafeteria.

This critically acclaimed book has been thoroughly updated and reillustrated with all-new photographs. "An excellent book for introducing the kindergarten experience."--Booklist. "For all those normal fears and questions, this book has the answers, and gets them right."--Publishers Weekly.

A class''s new teacher, who leads the children in a number of very popular activities, turns out to be a gorilla.

When the Chelsea Park Zoo is about to close, Morgan, the desolate animal keeper, receives help from a television newscaster to keep it open--and from the animals themselves.

Dorothy leads Ezra Tinker, an inventor from the moon, to the Land of Oz to save the life of Tik-Tok, the mechanical man.

Chester the cat is more than ever convinced that Bunnicula is a vampire when there is a harvest of white vegetables on the morning after the night that Bunnicula was probably wandering through the neighborhood.