New Releases by Margie Palatini

Trudie is worried when she is assigned to work with Ben on their fifth-grade class project, until she discovers that Ben has very unusual reactions to foods and she decides to perform experiments to find out why.

Despite repeated difficulties, a large ape tries various approaches to selling "Ape-On" Cosmetics, and his persistence pays off in an unexpected way. Color illustrations throughout.

Alfred E. Elf thinks it''s high time Santa face the fax, weave a web, dish the disk -- and face the new millennium in high-tech style. But what happens when the computer crashes and there''s a huge elf error?Margie Palatini and Mike Reed have concocted a hilarious story that also provides a reassuring message for today''s hyper times: even though the world is fast-changing, the magic of Christmas endures.

Gritch the witch flies to Old MacDonald''s farm for some pigs to make a piggie pie, but when she arrives she can''t find a single porker.

J.L. Richter, a Scorpio, has no desire to be part of the affluent Collingwood Country Club scene until she meets the handsome Chad Smith.

Gail Treacher falls in love with Andy Herman, a fellow Capricorn, but a joint business venture may change her opinion of him.