ABRAMS
Little Monkey's Big Peeing Circus ($12.95) by Tjibbe Veldkamp, illus. by Kees de Boer, explores the subject of urination. (2-6)
Hello Kitty Hello Beauty! Style Kit ($14.95) is a beauty kit featuring this feline. (3-6)
Princess Lillifee ($12.95) by Monika Finsterbush, introduces a fairy with a big heart and big dreams. (3-8)
Buckamoo Girls ($15.95) by Ellen Kelley, illus. by Tom Curry, centers on two cowgirls. (3-8)
When Giants Come Out to Play ($16.95) by Andrea Beaty, illus. by Kevin Hawkes, offers a tale of imagination and friendship. (4-8)
Uno's Garden ($19.95) by Graeme Base is a new offering from the author of Animalia. (4-8)
Ruthie Bon Bair: Do Not Go to Bed with Wringing Wet Hair ($15.95) by Susan Lubner, illus. by Bruce Whatley, tells of a bad hair day. (4-8)
Ninety-Three in My Family ($15.95) by Erica S. Perl, illus. by Mike Lester, is a counting tale starring a large clan. (4-8)
The Twelve Days of Winter ($14.95) by Deborah Lee Rose, illus. by Carey Armstrong-Ellis, presents a seasonal story. (4-8)
When Sheep Sleep ($15.95) by Laura Numeroff, illus. by David McPhail. Will counting sheep help bring on sleep? (4-8)
Pirate Pete's Giant Adventure ($15.95) by Kim Kennedy, illus. by Doug Kennedy. Pirate Pete and his trusty parrot return in this high-seas caper. (4-8)
Sea Creatures: A Squirmy, Scary, Prickly Pop-Up ($14.95) by Sally Hewitt, illus. by Chris Gilvan-Cartwright, is a volume filled with fish. (4-8)
Sally's Snow Adventure ($15.95) by Stephen Hunek. Sally the dog has a winter adventure. (4-8)
Can You Hear It? ($18.95) by William Lach. A follow-up to Can You Find It?(4-10)
Dragons ($15.95) by Keith Mosely and M.P. Robertson, collects pop-up dragon tales. (4-up)
The Trojan Horse ($17.95) by Albert Lorenz with Joy Schleh retells this classic tale. (5-9)
Gregor Mendel: The Friar Who Grew Peas ($18.95) by Cheryl Bardoe, illus. by Jos A. Smith, is a picture book biography of this pioneer of genetics. (5-9)
The Other Mozart: The Life of the Famous Chevalier de Saint-George ($18.95) by Hugh Brewster, illus. by Eric Velasquez, spotlights this African-American musician. (5-10)
Grandfather and Me ($16.95) by Diane Barbara and Dominique Beccaria includes activities encouraging grandfather-grandchild bonding. (5-10)
365 Penguins ($17.95) by Jean-Luc Fromental, illus. by Joëlle Jolivet. A new penguin arrives every day of the year. But why? (6-10)
Andy Warhol: Pop Art Painter ($18.95) by Susan Goldman Rubin is a biography of this artist. (8-12)
Space: Exploring the Moon, the Planets, and Beyond ($18.95) by Olivier de Goursac, illus. by Pascal Laye, includes NASA photos and art. (8-12)
Secrets, Lies, Gizmos, and Spies ($24.95) by Janet Wyman Coleman. Created in association with the International Spy Museum, this compiles info on spy weapons and operations. (8-14)
M.L.K.: The Journey of a King ($19.95) by Tonya Bolden. This biography of Martin Luther King Jr. features period photos. (4-8)

ABRAMS/AMULET
Anahita's Woven Riddle ($16.95) by Meghan Nuttal Sayres. This novel set in 20th-century Iran celebrates the ancient art of weaving. (10-14)
The Lighthouse Land ($16.95) by Adrian McKinty is this crime writer's debut young adult novel. (11-15)
Hell Phone ($16.95) by William Sleator offers a murder mystery. (13-up)
This Is All: The Pillow Book of Cordelia Kenn ($19.95) by Aidan Chambers is a novel by this Michael L. Printz Award and Carnegie Medal winner. (16-up)

ALLEN UNWIN (IPG, dist.)
In the Bush: Our Holiday at Wombat Flat ($14.95) by Roland Harvey provides a bird's-eye view of a family's camping trip in the Australian Outback. (5-7)
There Once Was a Boy Called Tashi ($14.95) by Anna Fienberg and Barbara Fienberg, illus. by Kim Gamble. Tashi confronts the ogre who's threatening his village. (5-7)
Paperbacks
Snow Wings ($7.95) by Jutta Goetze. Six children face their fears and work together to save the world. (9-12)
Zarconi's Magic Flying Fish ($7.95) by Kirsty Murray chronicles a boy's adventures under the big top. (9-12)
Ziggy and the Plugfish ($7.95) by Jonathan Harlen. Two siblings attempt to rescue their parents from the belly of a giant jellyfish. (9-12)

ANNICK PRESS
(Firefly, dist.)
The Bare Naked Book: 20th Anniv. Ed. ($19.95, paper $5.95) by Kathy Stinson, illus. by Heather Collins, introduces the parts of the body. (2-4)
The Couch Was a Castle ($19.95, paper $5.95) by Ruth Ohi. Two guinea pig brothers' imaginations transform their couch into various things. (2-5)
Red Is Best: 25th Anniv. Ed. ($19.95, paper $5.95) by Kathy Stinson, illus. by Robin Baird Lewis, re-releases this tale of an obstinate toddler's color preference. (2-5)
Sophie's Wheels ($18.95, paper $6.95) by Debora Pearson, illus. by Nora Hilb. As a girl grows, so do the wheels that keep her moving. (3-6)
Magical Creatures ($19.95, paper $8.95) by Meg Clibbon, illus. by Lucy Clibbon, introduces mythical beasts. (4-9)
A Crash of Rhinos, A Party of Jays ($19.95, paper $8.95) by Diane Swanson, illus. by Mariko Ando Spencer, examines 11 animals and the collective nouns that describe them. (5-7)
Backyard Circus ($19.95, paper $9.95) by Jill Bryant, illus. by Stephen MacEachern, shows how to stage a big-top performance. (6-9)
I Did It Because... ($19.95, paper $9.95) by Loris Lesynski, illus. by Michael Martchenko, reveals how poems are created. (7-10)
Jared Lester, Fifth-Grade Jester ($18.95, paper $7.95) by Tanya Lloyd Kyi, illus. by Martha Newbigging. Despite the doubts of others, a boy is determined to master his performance skills. (8-10)
Well-Schooled Fish and Feathered Bandits ($19.95, paper $8.95) by Peter Christie examines the ways animals teach their young. (8-11)
The Keeper's Shadow ($19.95, paper $12.95) by Dennis Foon concludes The Longlight Legacy. (11-up)
Flat-Out Rock ($24.95, paper $12.95) by Mike Tanner spotlights 10 bands of the 1960s and '70s. (12-up)
Dark Hours ($21.95) by Gudrun Pausewang, trans. by John Brownjohn. After a WWII bombing raid, three trapped children struggle to survive. (12-up)
Strange Times at Western High ($19.95, paper $9.95) by Emily Pohl-Weary, illus. by Rose Cowles. A teen sleuth investigates a school mystery. (12-up)
The Little Black Book for Girlz ($18.95, paper $8.95) is a guide to sex and health issues, written by teens. (14-up)
Series
Parc la Fontainedebuts with Tales from Parc La Fontaine by Roslyn Schwartz ($19.95, paper $7.95, 3-6). Imagine This!continues with Imagine You're a Ballerina! by Meg Clibbon, illus. by Lucy Clibbon ($19.95, paper $8.95, 4-9). Rescues!joins True Stories from the Edge by Tanya Lloyd Kyi ($18.95, paper $8.95, 9-up). It's True! adds It's True! Your Hair Is Dead by Diane Lawrenson, illus. by Leigh Hobbs; and It's True! Hauntings Happen and Ghosts Get Grumpy by Meredith Costain, illus. by Craig Smith ($19.95 each, paper $5.95, 10-13).