New Releases by Matthew Gollub

One by one, ten tiny oni, Japanese goblin-like creatures, grow larger and larger as they beat their drums by the sea, chasing away bad dreams. Includes cultural notes and the Japanese characters for the numbers from one to ten.

"A biography and introduction to the work of the Japanese haiku poet whose love of nature is expressed in over thirty poems included in this book. The haiku appear in Japanese with English translation."

A fly uses a combination of Spanish and jazz scat to ask a sloth, a monkey, and a mackaw to transport his band to a tropical concert site, and then to talk sense to an anteater who interrupts their performance. Includes author's note on how language, rhythm, color, and life are depicted in the book.

Kate the cow longs to go to the moon.

Este cuento ilustrado para ninos se inspira en una antigua creencia de Oaxaca, Mexico. Un nino atrevido entra una cueva misteriosa y por eso su cabeza es convertida en la de una serpiente. Despues de bailar con mascara por 20 anos en la fiesta de su pueblo, es convertido en serpiente con cara humana, luego en relampagos.

In this imaginative rhyming story, a young boy is joined by ten colourful oni (goblins) who creep up the sand one by one. Louder and louder they beat on their taiko (drums), until at last their lively drumming chases away the boy's nighttime fears. Also shows kids how to count to ten in Japanese and draw Japanese characters. Illustrated in full-colour throughout. Ages 4-9.

The inhabitants of a mountain village are suspicious of the twenty-five cats who come to live with their healer, until the cats are able to help lift a curse placed on the butcher.

Jealous of the sun, the moon decides to create her own fiesta and celebrates a bit too much. Full color.

When his face is changed into that of a snake after he visits a forbidden cave, a young boy wears a mask for twenty years, before being taken into the sky.

When the Moon accidentally wakes up during the day and realizes what she has been missing, she rounds up the stars and decides to throw a fiesta of her own, despite the Sun's warnings. Only on the following day does she realize the damage she has done. This brilliantly illustrated, ingenious story is inspired by the rich folk culture of Oaxaca, Mexico. Text copyright 2004 Lectorum Publications, Inc.

The inhabitants of a mountain village are suspicious of the twenty-five cats who come to live with their healer, until the cats are able to help lift a curse placed on the butcher.