New Releases by Stephen Cosgrove

Because he is bored with living in Buggville, where nothing exciting ever happens, Flea Flicker makes up an outlandish excuse for not doing his homework--one that affects the entire town.

For the Bigg family, residents of Buggville in the Land of More-Than-Small, life with ten children in a small house makes it very difficult to get along with each other.

It is never easy moving to a different town and when Bee D. Bopp uses insults and cruel jokes to try to win friends at her new school, a gentle older couple teaches her a better approach.

Leo the rabbit, whose ears are different from all the other rabbits, learns that "normal is whatever you are."

When the other bears get ready to hibernate for the winter, Jingle Bear decides to stay awake so he can see Father Snow.

Maynard, a lonesome dragon, learns to look within himself to find a friend.

The riddle frequently muttered by an odd and reclusive otter is finally deciphered by the townspeople, who are then able to offer her the friendship she needs.

Natalie and Natasha live in identical houses in Tuggle Town and share everything, including gossip, until one day their story-telling backfires on them.

A young horse''s curiosity leads him into mortal peril and a new existence.

Tickle the cat''s curiosity lands him in trouble when he tries to use Wizard Wink''s powerful magic to conjure up a meal.

A sassy little elephant, who irritates others by imitating everything they say, hears in an echo how unkind she sounds.

A princess regrets her selfish behavior when her friend Morgan the unicorn disappears.

The farm animals learn that their possessive love for their dog friend Rhubarb is exhausting her and that friendships must be shared.

Something is missing from the once happy lives of Trippet and Trivia Snicker Doodle, now filled with sadness and disarray, prompting the other Treasure Trolls to search for the missing something.

Derby Downs The Value of Respect is a reinforced, library bound book in The Child''s World series Stephen Cosgrove''s Value Tales.

An encounter with a tattered and blind butterfly helps the lovely winter weasel, Prettina, understand the perils of vanity and the value of inner beauty.

Frazzle, a prospective mother, learns she must take care of herself if she wants her baby to be born healthy.

The Squabbles, a raccoon family newly arrived in the Forest of Glade, shock the community when it is discovered that the father is beating his wife and son.

The riddle frequently muttered by an odd and reclusive otter is finally deciphered by the townspeople, who are then able to offer her the friendship she needs.

The Bugglar brothers learn borrowing and stealing are wrong.

Lord and Lady Bugg invited everyone to a party but only Snugg came.

Stephen Cosgrove, master lecturer & storyteller, narrates the audio cassette which accompanies the softcover edition of PRANCER. The original music score enriches this twenty-two minute spellbinding audio tape that brings the magic of PRANCER to life.

The moral of this story is: Being a big brother or sister is a special job.

Sniffles, an ostrich, ruins her credibility with the other animals at the oasis by her wild exaggerations of the truth.

The Zooms live in Zippity, where getting there -- anywhere -- first, is the ultimate prize. Whiz Zoom is the fastest of all and, like the rest of the Zooms, he never takes the time to enjoy all of life''s pleasures. That is, until he meets a turtle, who teaches him that to really win is to slow down enough to appreciate all the wonderful things around him.

T.J. Flopp, fearsome hunter, catches Miss Felicia Fuzzybottom. Felicia helps T.J. acknowledge his tender emotions.