New Releases by Libba Moore Gray

Uncle''s inspired playing of the fiddle causes sleepy family members to pick up other instruments and join him, while the neighbors come to join the celebration.

The eccentric Miss Tizzy, a beloved friend to all the children in her neighborhood, needs their help in remaining happy when she is sick in bed.

When Little Lil''s mother gets sick, Uncle Sudi Man pawns his saxophone to buy medicine. Little Lil knows, however that it is her uncle''s jazz music that will really help her mother feel better so she reluctantly pawns a ring passed down to her from her grandmother to retrieve the horn.

A ballet dancer recalls how she and her mother would welcome each season with a dance outdoors.

Carrying all sorts of cargo through all kinds of weather, the little truck has served its owner and its town proudly for years. But then its engine slows, sputters, and finally stops. Abandoned in the woods, the truck begins to rust until, years later, the original owner''s grandson brings it back to life. Full color.

Despite his mother''s warning not to wander, Small Green Snake wiggles away to investigate the new sound from across the garden wall.

Fenton the near-sighted frog stumbles from one danger to another, until a pair of eyeglasses opens up a new world of clear vision to him.

Fifty years have passed since Miss Elizabeth was a girl, but she still remembers Willie Rudd, the black housekeeper who helped raise her. She remembers the feel of sitting in Willie Rudd''s lap while the housekeeper sang to her. And she remembers how Willie Rudd scrubbed the floor on her hands and knees. What would Miss Elizabeth say to Willie Rudd if she were alive today? She decides to write her a letter telling her how things would be different. Now Willie Rudd would come in the front door -- not the back. She would ride in the fornt of the bus with Miss Elizabeth, and they could sit together at the movies. The two of them would have a wonderful time. And in her heartfelt letter, Miss Elizabeth has the chance to tell Willie Rudd something she never told her while she was alive -- that she loved her.