New Releases by Susan Varley

''I''m Captain Commander!'' Small Pig said. ''Aye-Aye, Captain Small Pig!'' yawned Old Goat. ''You are in charge of this boat!'' But Small Pig soon tires of rowing and falls asleep, and before they know it the boat is drifting across the lake, and grumpy Turkey is in for a soaking...Martin Waddell, award-winning author of "Can''t You Sleep, Little Bear?," perfectly captures the magic of a day out.

Although he wants to learn all that wise old Donkey knows, Rabbit cannot sit still to listen to the answers to his questions, but in the end he teaches Donkey some new things.

Smudge the rabbit longs for a brother or sister but must wait for springtime.

When William Everett Crocodile is chosen to be a suitcase, his talking brush becomes his salvation.

A little monster is afraid to go to bed because he thinks that humans will get him while he is asleep.

One day a new boy arrives at school unexpectedly. The sad and mysterious little visitor is wearing a long blue blazer which he will NOT take off. Why won''t he? What is he hiding underneath?

The tender story of Smudge and his dream to have a brother or sister will appeal to any child awaiting the birth of a new sibling Smudge is the only rabbit in the woods without a brother or sister. His mother tells him to wait for spring, but that is a long way off. In autumn, Smudge builds a leaf-and-twig brother, but he blows away. He builds a snow sister in the winter, but she melts. Will Smudge''s wish for a sibling ever come true? This touching tale of the arrival of a new baby is perfectly complemented by gentle illustrations.

Badger''s friends are sad when he dies but treasure the memories he left them. "The gentle message holds particular validity for children and is conveyed in a tenderhearted. ..manner."-- Book1ist.