New Releases by Joanna Cole

Stories, poems, pictures and rebuses for the beginning reader.

Mama Sue, Papa Joe, and the kids prepare a fiery pot of stew for visiting Aunt Tootie. Includes a section of jokes, kitchen safety tips, and recipes.

Level 2. This introduction to the arachnid world explains how a hungry garden spider obtains food by building a web and patiently waiting to catch something tasty.

Everybody agrees that mold is just disgusting, until the class goes on a field trip inside a rotting log. They discover that all the dead-looking stuff is actually alive...and it''s pretty neat after all. Join the class on their "rotten" adventure, and learn about how nature recycles through decomposition.

It''s Broadcast Day in Ms. Frizzle''s class. Ralphie promised everyone he''d figure out what kind of show they should put on. But, Ralphie is sick and can''t come to school. So, everyone climbs aboard the Magic School Bus, because if Ralphie can''t come to class Ms. Frizzle''s class will come to him! Join the class as they travel Ralphie''s bloodstream to find out how germs make him sick and how his body can make him well again.

This book tells about kitchen chemistry.

Ms. Frizzle''s class is growing a beautiful garden. But, Phoebe''s plot is empty. Her flowers are back at her old school! So, the class climbs aboard the Magic School Bus. And, of course, the kids don''t only go back to Phoebe''s school, but they go inside one of Phoebe''s flowers! Follow the kids'' adventure and learn how living things grow.

One twist of the dial and the Magic School Bus transforms into a time machine that travels back to the prehistoric age, making pit stops in the Mesozoic Era and meeting dinosaurs along the way. "It''s fun and fine science".--The New York Times Book Review. Full color. Includes perforated bookmark which teases to The Magic School Bus: Inside a Hurricane, coming in Fall 1995.

When Allie the alligator learns that she will be going to camp without her best friend Amy, the two girls try to get a whole summer''s worth of activities into just a few days.

It is natural for young children to be curious about where they come from. Using vivid full-color photographs and a clear, straightforward text, this comprehensive book answers the questions they have about how an egg cell grows to become a baby, how a baby lives inside its mother''s uterus, and how a baby is born.

Mrs. Fizzle and her class travel back in time to study dinosaurs.

With the help of her family, Fiona, who has trouble remembering even the simplest, everyday things, remembers to go to exercise class with her best friend.

A collection of nursery rhymes and action rhymes, in such categories as finger and hand rhymes, tickling rhymes, and knee-and-foot-riding rhymes.

Knowing that his talkative wife will reveal to the world that he has found a fortune buried on their farm, John arranges an elaborate scheme to insure that she will not be believed.

Steffie and Ben learn how to use the potty as they make the transition from diapers to underpants.

Illus. in full color. "Best friends Robby and Arlo dress alike and do most of the same things. However, their friendship is in jeopardy over a bet about who will lose the next tooth. Realistic, humorous illustrations provide ample reading clues on every page. Should encourage emerging readers to flex their reading muscles."--School Library Journal.

Uses a question-and-answer format to present sex information for preteens.

Describes, using evidence found in fossil layers, how one-cell organisms evolved into complex plants and animals.

Maggie meets a kindly boastful elf who never quite fulfills the wish he means to grant.

After an exciting and busy day, the Clown-Around family has trouble getting Baby to go to bed.

When a terrible witch vows to eat her for supper, a little girl escapes with the help of a mirror and comb given to her by the witch''s cat and dog.

A wacky family thinks that they have become very sick when they look in the mirror and see green spots.

Close-up photographs and text explain the details of a frog''s anatomy.

Presents photographs of camouflaged insects accompanied by simple text explaining their behavior. The reader is asked to find the insect in each picture.