Little, Brown & Company.Little, Brown & Company 1271 Avenue of the Americas, New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , NY 10020 1-800-759-0190 www.lb-kids.com Four new titles from Little, Brown provide kids with four exceptional stories and fun plots. David T. Greenberg's Snakes! (031-6320765, $15.95) enjoys Lynn Munsinger's zany and colorful animal drawings as it tells of a house being overrun by snakes. Zany rhymes accompany zany antics ("A skink skink Any of about 1,275 species (family Scincidae) of lizards found throughout the tropics and in temperate regions of North America. Skinks have a cylindrical body, a conical head, and a long, tapering tail. Some species are 26 in. (66 cm) long, but most are under 8 in. inserts her snoutlet/in an open kitchen outlet/her body starts to phosphoresce phos·pho·resce intr.v. phos·pho·resced, phos·pho·resc·ing, phos·pho·resc·es To persist in emitting light, unaccompanied by sensible heat or combustion, after exposure to and removal of a source of radiation. with light. There's a momentary riot/as all the others try it/soon all the snakes, like neon tubes Noun 1. neon tube - a lamp consisting of a small gas-discharge tube containing neon at low pressure; luminescence is produced by the action of currents at high frequencies that are wrapped a few turns around the tube neon induction lamp, neon lamp , ignite.") Just when you thought the snakes were over, enter Roberta Baker's Lizard Walinsky (0316073318, $15.95), about a girl who calls herself Lizard and who hates girly girl·y adj. Variant of girlie. play. Lizard's parents fret as she tries to locate a playmate who will accept her: then she meets Spider, a very different boy, and thinks she has friendship issues solved--until he goes to a different school. A fine story of friendship and differences. Two sets of 'Sing-Along Stories' by Mary Ann Hoberman and Nadine Bernard Wescott ($15.95 each) are recommended picks for libraries seeking to stock up on their music and rhyme section. The Lady With The Alligator alligator, large aquatic reptile of the genus Alligator, in the same order as the crocodile. There are two species—a large type found in the S United States and a small type found in E China. Alligators differ from crocodiles in several ways. Purse (0316734160, $15.95) and Skip To My Lou (0316734063, $15.95) each include music to sing, a story to read, and games to play along with fun illustrations and favorite songs embellished. Between the enhanced lyrics to old favorites and the zany story lines which move beyond traditional intention, it's hard to stop smiling. |
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