New Releases by V. R. Duin

On the Irish holiday, Goopy Ghost is granted three wishes as a result of rescuing a leprechaun, winning back his stolen pot of gold, and saving St. Patrick''s Day.

A little stingray is playing in the water as his boating friends delight in watching from their boat. When a menacing bull shark mistakes all the commotion for a yummy lunch, however, it sets off a chain of events that results in the unlikeliest friendship on the seven seas. A wildly imaginative and engaging tale, V.R. Duin''s latest in the Little Ray series keeps the adventures exciting and the positive energy flowing!Little Ray is not only a fish but a little ray of sunshine as well. Today he''s entertaining his boating friends as they watch him from their boat. Doing flips, curls, and all sorts of aquatic tricks only a talented stingray can, his underwater circus show is a huge hit. But it also attracts unwanted attention: a bull shark thinks the commotion means it''s feeding time!When the boat suddenly springs a leak as part of the ruckus, Little Ray''s friends are in a terrible pickle. They are bailing with pump and pail as quick as can be, but the water is coming in too quickly. How can they stop it? What are they going to do? That''s when Little Ray has a really big idea. What happens? What does he do? You won''t believe your eyes—or ears or nose or mouth! The unlikeliest team of heroes has saved the day—and made the seven seas the happiest place on earth!

Mr. and Mrs. Armadillo with their children Sis, Boom and Ba move into an abandoned fox den and help the farmers but what will the family do when the fox wants to reclaim his den.

Goopy is ghostly, goopy, and adored by kids everywhere! Goopy Ghost is the beloved, boo-tiful spirit that is always eager to help the Brown family. In the third installment of this vibrantly illustrated rhyming children''s book series, a storm threatens to ruin Thanksgiving and the Brown''s family home. Enter Goopy to scare up some fun for the entire family.

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Spookily going where no Halloween tale has ever gone, this illustrated children''s rhyming book tells what happens to the gooey innards of a pumpkin after a set of siblings help their father carve it.