New Releases by Niki Daly

Songolo n''aime pas se presser. Ni pour s''habiller, ni pour se chausser, ni pour marcher. Sa vielle Mamie est comme lui. Il aime bien aller en ville avec elle. Un jour, elle lui fait un très beau cadeau...

Pa''s sure he can make a perfect pizza, but his children are not convinced. His first few attempts are disastrous and Pa causes mayhem in the kitchen. He manages to trip over the cat and burn an oven-glove amongst other blunders, getting some unexpected results.

Jamela gets in trouble when she takes the expensive material intended for a new dress for Mama, parades it in the street, and allows it to become dirty and torn.

Based around the commedia dell''arte tradition - the popular Italian street comedy using stock characters, this book tells the tale of Angelo, who longs to be a clown as famous as his grandfather Zan Polo, once was.

A father''s drinking causes pain and embarrassment to his family, until he begins to attend Alcoholics Anonymous meetings.

There was once a time when Sun and Moon lived on the earth--but that was before the rapturous Sun invited the never-ending Sea to visit in this playful version of an eastern Nigerian (Ibibio) creation myth. "This delightful story is outfitted in humor, a mock seriousness, and drama....A wondrous and alluring work."--Kirkus Reviews.

Ashraf, a South African boy who lives in a big city, dreams of the African wild.

A most unusual family goes out on a weird shopping trip.

In his favorite library book Ashraf has seen the wild untamed side of Africa, but he knows and loves the city he lives in at the tip of the African continent, with all its street musicians, unique shops, and meandering alleys.

When Fran trespasses in her big brother''s room and dresses up like a monster, she finds that he forgives her and enjoys her new scary identity.

A collection of traditional nursery rhymes including lullabies, ring games, nonsense rhymes and skipping songs.

A toy mouse longs to have an adventure he can tell his friends about.