New Releases by RUTH OHI

Amanda cuts out pictures from magazines, rooms of her house, and pieces of the world outside and puts them in her scrapbook.

This is a breezy, exuberant tale that will delight the pre-school crowd and readers alike. "One day there was nothing to do, so we went to tell Ma." "I guess you''ll have to think of something," she said. And they do. They cope with wild pigs under the beds, a snapping turtle in the hall, and a furry, nibbling mouse that eats all their snacks, so Ma has to provide more.

When Anniranni leaves her doll, Mollymishi, in her red wagon on the top of a hill, the doll soon rides into adventures on her own with Dillip the dog and a white Persian cat.

Leanna and Norman build a huge snowball, and along the way, Norman loses his clothes, which aren''t found until the following spring.

A brother and sister build a town and put up walls to protect it from a baby monster, their baby sibling.

This is the extraordinary adventure of 11 year old friends Summer and Orin, who live in the mountains of British Columbia. Soon after the death of Summer''s father, she and Orin travel to a mysterious land of "The Children of the Known", where everyone forgets their sorrows and no one ever dies. Tempted to surrender to this place to help her get over the painful memories of her father''s accident, Summer has a choice between staying in this fantasy land, or returning to the real world--a choice of responsibility over dependence, the joys and pains of growing up, and ultimately, mortality.