New Releases by Jean Richards

Audisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and sentence highlighting for an engaging read aloud experience! Muchas semillas viajan dentro de las frutas. La fruta es como una maleta para las semillas. Las protege durante el viaje. Los lectores conocerán de qué manera están diseñadas las frutas para proteger a las semillas de una planta y para ayudar a la planta a propagar las semillas en lugares nuevos. Con una prosa perfecta para la lectura en voz alta y hermosas ilustraciones en acuarela, Una fruta es una maleta para las semillas indaga en el mundo de las semillas, su propósito y cómo crecen, y es perfecto para los niños pequeños. Incluye preguntas y respuestas al final como lectura complementaria y para fomentar el interés. Many seeds travel inside fruits. The fruit is like a suitcase for the seeds. It protects them on their trip. Readers will learn how fruits are designed to protect a plant''s seeds and also to help the plant spread its seeds to new places. With prose perfect for read-alouds and gorgeous watercolor illustrations, A Fruit Is a Suitcase for Seeds delves into the world of seeds, their purpose, and how they grow. Includes questions and answers at the end to further learning and engagement.

This thesis considers the biographical, historical and musical significance of manuscript music collections belonging to Georgiana McCrae, who brought her own collections from London and Scotland to Melbourne in 1841 and continued to add to them after her arrival.

A romance novel, "Happenings" is a love story about two families who eventually become one family. Through happenstance the main characters, Chris Parks and Robin Hendrix meet and then meet again and yet a third time before realizing that they are meant to be together. The setting for the story is the Los Angeles, California area in 1952. Chris Parks is an architect who is widowed and has a 14 year old son, Michael. Roibin Hendrix is a secretary, is divorced and has two daughters, 12 year old Julie and 8 year old Christy. The courtship and eventual romance between Chris and Robin takes some time and both are a bit leery about getting into a new relationship but both are in need of someone to fill the void they both feel. The children factor into this new romance to a degree, Michael having been an only child is a bit apprehensive as is Julie who does not want an intruder in hers or her mother''s life. Chris or ''Cap'' as he is known by all his friends is faced with a challenge in bringing about a harmonious feeling among the three children and then win their approval of this romance and eventual marriage between himself and Robin, with whom he has fallen helplessly in love.

A 2,500 year-old Greek myth tells the story of how the Olympic Games began. This exciting myth involves the gods, punishment, a chariot race, and a young man who wins the hand of a princess. The happy ending provides a wonderful link from a world of long ago to our world today where we still continue to enjoy the Olympic Games.

Because of her curiosity about what the crocodile has for dinner, a little elephant and all elephants thereafter have long trunks.

A simple picture book provides an illustrated description of seed dispersal by which plants, most specifically fruits, travel from one place to another.

"[A] selection of recipes chosen and prepared over the years by Jean Roddey. These recipes are not original but were selected with her eye for colorful and delicious meals"--T.p. verso.

Contains a passage of Scripture from the Living Bible, a devotional thought, a prayer, and a Bible promise for each day of the year.