New Releases by Jeanne Willis

On Parrot''s first day of school, he learns a lesson about talking too much.

When a young boy loses his bellybutton, he questions the jungle animals and gets a surprise from the crocodile. Warm, full-color illustrations.

All is quiet in the countryside on a perfect summer''s afternoon when out of the blue... BANG! and then, POP! and then POOP! and then PARP! Someone''s broken the silence - but sho''s going to own up?

A little monster is afraid to go to bed because he thinks that humans will get him while he is asleep.

Sloth invites his friends to his birthday party, but he takes too long getting there. By the time he arrives, a year has passed, and everyone has gone home.

Despite the efforts of his family to convince him of the problems of having a person for a pet, a young dog named Rex wants one more than anything.

Dennis the monster''s second adventure sees him trying to frighten off some threatening storm clouds by crashing and smashing pots and pans, spoons and sticks and empty tin cans. Dennis makes such a racket that he frightens a little rabbit, whose mother comforts him with the assurance that it''s just a storm, not a monster bashing a pan. . . Children and adults alike will appreciate Jeanne Willis'' funny and clever rhyming text, with the wry twist at the end, while Susan Varley''s charming illustrations make Dennis a very endearing character.

Professor Xargle''s class of extraterrestrials learns about the physical characteristics and behavior of the human baby.