New Releases by Russell Hoban

Arthur Crocodile cannot seem to learn table manners until his sister brings her new girlfriend to visit.

Because Tom''s aunt disapproves of his constant fooling around she calls in Captain Najork to teach him a lesson. Tom, however, has a splendid idea.

In a not-so-distant future when lions are extinct Jachin-Boaz, a middle-aged mapmaker, leaves home with the wonderful map that was to tell his son where to find everything. In the ruins of a palace at Nineveh, his son Boaz-Jachin finds the wall-carving of a great lion dying on the spear of an ancient king.

One day Thelma tricks Frances into buying her old plastic tea set. Thelma says there are no backsies on the bargain. Can Frances come up with a plan that will change her friend''s mind? Outstanding Children''s Books of 1970 (NYT)

Frances is jealous of her sister''s birthday, spirit moves her reluctanty to give her coveted gift.

When Father comes home at the end of a sorely trying day, he finds all the family fighting and scolding after a sequence of events for which no one is willing to take the blame.

A magic stone helps Walter look around and find things to do.