New Releases by Joyce Dunbar

Smudge the rabbit longs for a brother or sister but must wait for springtime.

Saturday wants to know all about the other farmyard animals and do all the things they can do--things that his mother tells him he can never do. Soon, Saturday discovers something that a little chick can do. Full color.

All was silent in the wood. Suddenly, out of the green, "Love-me!Love-me! Love-me!" called the Love-Me bird. There was no answer to her call. The Love-Me bird just wants to be loved. But no one seems to be listening. "There must be some-birdy out there," she says sadly toShut-Eye, the owl. Her wise old friend offers some advice, yet nothing appears to work. What should the Love-Me bird do? Celebrating with great warmth and wit a simple truth about love, renowned author Joyce Dunbar and award-winning artist Sophie Fatus have created a charming tale that will delight all lovebirds, young and old.

Willa tries to make her own breakfast but she is too small to reach anything. Luckily, her older brother is there to help and to tell her about the many things she will be able to do all by herself once she is big. Grades P-2. 2001.

The Very Small has got lost in the forest. When Giant Baby Bear finds him, he is introduced to a gigantic world where he can make a whole meal out of a few crumbs and can have a bath in a soapdish. It''s lots of fun, but it''s not still not like home for the Very Small who longs to be back where he belongs at bedtimea A heart-warming picture book from the bestselling author and illustrator of Tell Me Something Happy Before I Go to Sleep, of which the Guardian said, ''If ever there were a perfect bedtime book, this has to be it.''

When the wife of Lorenzo, the finest glassmaker in Venice, dies of a terrible bee sting, he takes his daughter Lucia away to live on a rocky island where there are no bees to sting - but no birds or flowers either. Lorenzo builds an exquisite glass garden and fills it with glass butterflies, glass birds and glass flowers. Time stands still in the glass garden, but it cannot stand still for Lucia, and some years later at carnival time, a glass gondola leaders her to a mysterious masked stranger whose gift of a rose is to pierce the heart of her fragile life.

"Look at that boat," said Mole. "It''s just what I''ve always wanted." When Mole is given a toy boat by his best friend Mouse, he just cannot decide which colour he likes best. Should he choose the blue boat with white sails, or a yellow one with striped sails? After a night of colourful dreams, a mystery buyer helps a muddled Mole make up his minda The first Corgi Pup title to be published about Mouse and Mole, but the two characters have appeared in four previous picture books and have also appeared on television as an enchanting animation series.

Panda feels a little hurt after helping his best friend Gander write a letter to Gander''s secret friend.

While Gander patiently picks out and sets aside all of the seeds from a pomegranate, Panda eats all of the other fruits and then wants a share of Gander''s seeds as well.

A picture book, which through a series, tells of an episode in the lives of two friends Gander and Panda. This story which is intended for children ready to read a whole book for themselves, tells of Panda''s new toy, a cup and ball. But, will he let Gander have a go?

A cumulative presentation which uses rhyme to describe the night of the birth of Christ.

"The jumblyboo isn''t quite sure what he is; neither are the cats. However, they decide that if he wants to live with them he must do things their way. The jumblyboo does his best - but his miaow is too gruff and the cat-flap is a bit of a squeeze. The cats are not impressed. Then one day, the jumblyboo decides to do things his way..."--Back cover.

A bird falls out of his nest while trying to fly and has encounters with several animals before he finds success.

Follows the activities of ten little mice as, one by one, they scurry home to their nest.

A number of different animals come to drink at a pond and as each animal arrives it counts the other animals and admires the reflections in the pond, especially its own. The scene is watched by a proud and clever frog who says the animals are silly. In the end the frog is the silliest of them all.