New Release Books by Joan Hewett

Hobbs is a giraffe calf. He is growing up in a wild animal park with his mother. When he was born, he was 6 feet tall! He drinks his mother’s milk and slowly grows up until he can run, play, and eat with the rest of his giraffe herd.

Follows Tara, a tiger cub, as she grows from a tiny newborn cub to a full-grown tiger.

Mel is a koala joey. She is growing up in a park in Australia. She likes to ride on her mother’s belly. In less than a year, she grows from a tiny pink baby living in her mother’s pouch into a full-grown, eucalyptus-leaf-eating koala.

Follows Kipper, the kangaroo joey, who explores his world as he eats, sleeps, and goes on his first trip alone.

Obie is a penguin chick. He is growing up in a zoo on Tuxedo Island. Obie’s father feeds him digested fish. He shuffles his heavy webbed feet and waddles. When he’s older, he grows new feathers that keep him dry as he learns how to swim.

What happens when a harbor seal pup is abandoned like Sidney was? She was on the verge of starvation when some helpful humans stepped in to make sure she would live to become a healthy, happy seal. Discover the exciting events that happen to seal pups as you watch Sidney eat, play, and grow.

Describes the development of Gabbie, a monkey living in a zoo, from birth to age six months.

Follows Puck, a flamingo chick, as he grows up from a tiny baby chick to a full-grown flamingo.

Follows a highway patrol officer through his training as a motorcycle officer and his first few weeks on the job.

Text and photographs document the day-to-day happenings and milestones in the life of a young Mexican boy whose family seeks amnesty in the United States under the Immigration Reform and Control Act.

Text and photographs present a close-up view of the life of eight-year-old child actor Philip Waller as he goes to auditions, makes commercials, and films a television special.

Describes the building of the Los Angeles Metro Red Line, and profiles some of the engineers, miners, artists, and other people involved in constructing it

Cindy still loves to talk to and play with her dog Rosalie, even though her pet is very old and in poor health.

A behind-the-scenes peek into the baby animal nursery at the San Diego Zoo.

Text and pictures follow an eight-year-old Hispanic girl living on a Southern California horse ranch where her father is head groom, as she improves her horsemanship and begins to compete in horse shows.

Text and photographs portray the worklife of a public defender as she investigates cases and represents poor people in criminal proceedings before the Los Angeles County courts.

Text and photographs introduce the work done at a California ranch, Gentle Jungle, in raising and training wild animals for movie and television work, focusing on sixteen-year-old Tana Helfer, daughter of the owners, who has worked with the animals all her life.

What would it be like for a mouse to live with an elephant?