New Books

A TREE IS A PLANT
Written by Clyde Robert Bulla
Illustrated by Stacey Schuett
Published by HarperCollins, Fall 2001.

This book, another in the wonderful Let's-Read-And-Find-Out Science series, explores the life cycle of an apple tree. From seed to shoot to fruit, we follow the growth of what is actually the largest kind of plant--a tree--through the changing seasons. Learn how a very tiny seed grows into a tree big enough to climb. This down-to-earth book gets to the root of the matter!

GORILLA GANG
Written by Jean Craighead George
Illustrated by Stacey Schuett
Disney Press, 1999
ISBN #0-78683166-9.

G.G. is at the age when young gorillas act like human teenagers.
Together with the other young gorillas in his tribe, he gets into all kinds of mischief--bellowing and wrestling, and playing gorilla pranks.
But it's not long before G.G.'s antics get him into trouble

PIRATES
Written by C. Drew Lamm
Illustrated by Stacey Schuett
Published by Hyperion Books for Children
Fall 2001 ISBN #078680392

It's a dark, rainy night, and Max wants to read a nice, safe story. But his big sister, Ellery, has other ideas, and she decides to read the deliciously scary story of the pirate Jose Gaspar, and Max doesn't like it one bit. Drew Lamm's wicked story, paired with Stacey Schuett's spooky illustrations, is guaranteed to keep young pirates hooked until the surprise ending on the final page.