New Releases by Maureen Wright

When Monkey proclaims that it is his birthday, all the other jungle animals protest, claiming instead that it is Earth Day and telling Monkey what he should do to honor this special day.

When Sheep finds out it is April One, he says, OIt''s time to have some fun!O Sheep sets the alarm an hour ahead. It wakes up Rooster in his bed. Sheep plays April Fool''s jokes on Rooster, Dog, Pig, and Cow. Then Horse decides to play a trick on SheepNand the farm animals have the biggest laugh of all! Full color.

Ralph the rooster has big dreams of becoming a superhero. But the other farm animals aren''t so sure--except for Rosie the pig, that is. She''s Ralph''s best friend, and she believes in him. As Ralph and Rosie hang around the farm, there are just no opportunities to be a superhero and save the day...until the farmer turns on the radio, and the "Chicken Dance" song starts playing. POW-WOW! Suddenly it seems that Ralph may have some super powers after all...or does he? Join Ralph and Rosie as they prove that believing in yourself and being a good friend is what makes a true superhero.

Big Bear has a pail of berries that his friends would like him to share. He doesn''t pay attention well, so each time the tree tells him to share he does something different.

Anna has a loose tooth and expects the Tooth Fairy to be visiting soon. She starts thinking her baby sister Sophie may be a tooth fairy in training.

Maddie is stalling her bedtime as she doesn''t want to sleep, but when her parents finally tuck her in for the night, Maddie must face a room full of toys that might not be quite ready for bedtime.

It''s Groundhog Day, and everyone is gathered to find out if it''s time for spring. But Groundhog does NOT want to leave his cozy bed in his cozy den. Will the townspeople be able to coax him outside to do his job? Kids will love the humorous antics of Groundhog in this delightful rhyming tale from the author of Sleep, Big Bear, Sleep.

A snowman keeps doing things that make him melt, but the kids build him up again.

This book provides the first full-length biography of Elizabeth Wolstenholme Elmy (1833–1918) – someone referred to among contemporaries as ‘the grey matter in the brain’ of the late-Victorian women’s movement. A pacifist, humanitarian ‘free-thinker’, Wolstenholme Elmy was a controversial character and the first woman ever to speak from a public platform on the topic of marital rape. Lauded by Emmeline Pankhurst as ‘first’ among the infamous militant suffragettes of the Women’s Social and Political Union, Wolstenholme Elmy was one of Britain’s great feminist pioneers and, in her own words, an ‘initiator’ of many high-profile campaigns from the nineteenth into the twentieth century. Wright draws on an extensive resource of unpublished correspondence and other sources to produce an enduring portrait that does justice to Wolstenholme Elmy’s momentous achievements.

Big Bear thinks that his tremendous sneezes are causing the leaves and apples to fall off the trees and the geese to fly away, but when the wind finally convinces him otherwise, he knows what to do.

Take a journey with Maureen a Jamaican who truly knows and loves the island. Explore with her, the secrets of the culture, attractions, and sample these through a volunteer vacation!

Big Bear misunderstands Old Man Winters message to hibernate

The first book by an author sure to take her place among America''s top humor writers, this book contains hilarious stories, poems and vignettes of life as a busy mother.