New Releases by Pam Conrad

Six stories, one from each decade from the 1940s to the 1990s, about children growing up in Levittown, New York.

The cabin boy on the "Santa Maria" keeps a diary which records his experiences when he sails with Columbus on his first voyage to the New World in 1492.

The cabin boy on the "Santa Maria" keeps a diary which records his experiences when he sails with Columbus on his first voyage to the New World in 1492.

On the banks of the Wen River, the legend of the Blue Willow is brought radiantly to life as two lovers face the storms that besiege them. Brilliant color illustrations highlight this warm story about undying love.

The frightened Tub People witness Santa''s visit on Christmas Eve, and even though they do not understand what is happening, they become beautiful ornaments on the Christmas tree.

When their playful dog comes home with a dead rabbit, Philip and Kooch are afraid it is their gruff old neighbor''s prize pet.

Young Rooster thinks his Gift is making the sun rise, until one morning when the sun rises without him.

This glowing story of a girl who leaves her body and travels back through time to save her mother is a worthy sequel to the Edgar Allan Poe Award winner Stonewords.

When the Tub child discovers his grandfather asleep, the whole family tries to wake him up.

"In 1894, Robert Peary''s explorers discovered a car-sized meteorite in Greenland and hauled it off to New York''s [American Museum of Natural History]. An intriguing story if conventionally told, Conrad makes it unforgettable by choosing the meteorite itself to be the narrator. [A] wonderfully fresh, energetic tale [with art that captures] the era''s look and flavor expertly."--SLJ. Best Books of 1995 (SLJ) "A Few Good Books 1995" (Book Links) 1996 Notable Trade Books in the Language Arts (NCTE)

During an unseen child''s bath time, the seven members of a wooden toy family ride on the floating soap and compete in swimming races. But after the near loss of the Tub Child down the drain, they are all reunited on a warm bed, where they mountain climb on the ridges formed by soft quilts.

After a morning of strawberry-picking with her mother and father, Molly spends her day finding new ways to enjoy her favorite fruit.

When the Tub Child discovers his missing grandfather asleep under the radiator, the whole Tub family rallies to wake him up.

A family of wooden toys lives on the edge of the bathtub until disaster strikes and they fear they have been separated forever.

Ellie and Stevie learn about a family legacy when their grandmother tells them stories of her brother''s historical quest for dinosaur bones on their Nebraska farm.

¡Pedro de Salcedo no podía imaginarse las aventuras que le esperaban! Su increíble viaje como grumete de la Santa María, el barco de Cristóbal Colón, le traería peligros y emociones. Pedro captó sus experiencias entre las páginas de su diario.

Written as a diary by Columbus''s cabin boy, presents a personal view of the first trip across the Atlantic and his discovery of America.

Louisa''s life in a loving pioneer family on the Nebraska prairie is altered by the arrival of a new doctor and his beautiful, tragically frail wife.

Zoe discovers that her house is occupied by the ghost of an eleven-year-old girl, who carries her back to the day of her death in 1870 to try to alter that tragic event.

Zoë heeft een vriendin uit de vorige eeuw die ze kan ontmoeten via een oude achtertrap. Als ze hoort dat dat meisje op haar elfde zal sterven, wil ze proberen de loop der dingen te veranderen om dat te voorkomen. Vanaf ca. 10 jaar.

Two Girls, Two Friends-Ghosts in each other''s lives!

Two sixteen-year-old girls from different social classes spend the summer together on a resort island and experience a test of their friendship when family loyalties, romance, and drug dependence interfere.

Louisa''s life in a loving pioneer family on the Nebraska prairie is altered by the arrival of a new doctor and his beautiful, tragically frail wife.

Nine-year-old Heather doesn''t want to turn ten until wacky Rosa Rita shows her that growing up isn''t so bad.

Fourteen-year-old Robin tries to patch up the broken home of a battered wife and in the proces discovers how deeply she''s been hurt by the divorce of her own parents.