New Releases by Miriam Young

This first comprehensive bibliography of the life and work of colonial women helps to foster an historical understanding of the rights, privileges, and functions of women in today''s society. The Syllabus, containing 1082 items, is organized to provide an inclusive picture of the colonial woman in all aspects of her life and work. It includes references giving insight into home life with its manifold problems and dangers, the evolution of the colonial woman''s status as owned property to being an independent owner of property, the leadership she gave to the religious life of the colonies, the contributions she made to cultural life, her part in the developing political life, and the extent of her participation in economic life. The Bibliography contains 765 books 309 magazine articles, and eight pictorial publications. To facilitate the study of individual women of note, the List of 104 Outstanding Women includes references.

Miss Suzy, a squirrel, interrupts her Easter preparations to become a temporary mother to four little orphan squirrels.

Due to family finances following her parents'' separation, Mitty McKenley moves from nineteenth-century San Francisco to her grandparents'' farm and then to the home of a very strict aunt.

A child fantasizes about riding different kinds of dinosaurs.

Miss Suzy''s adopted children and forest friends try to think of a special gift for her birthday.

Convinced that Mrs. Matthews, the new neighbor, is a witch, twelve-year-old Jenny debates whether to expose her or exorcise her.

Three children disrupt the palace of a lonely king and completely change his life.

A young boy imagines himself driving a variety of tractors.

Scott and his little sister learn some of the rules of ice skating through trial and error. Includes questions and answers about the safety rules in a separate section.

A youngster tells of all the places he would go and things he would do as an airplane pilot.

Explains how most everyday objects begin as a design on paper.

Four little witches spend their days riding a toy shop mobile but at night all except the youngest practice witchcraft.

Two little girls imagine the fun they will have playing make-believe games.

A youngster debates the fine points of the trucks he would like to drive: the snow plow, delivery truck, dump truck, and the fire engine.

Miss Suzy, a little gray squirrel, lives happily in her tree until she is chased away by some red squirrels.

Marcy discovered that the old stone house on the deserted farm nearby was haunted.