"Each haiku poem evokes a moment of 'Ah!'--a sensation of seeing something for the first time." George Shannon's helpful introduction gives readers a meaningful entry into the world of haiku poetry and the 14 specific poems that comprise this book. Arranged by Shannon to suggest an early spring walk, the poems, appearing in translation, represent the work of some of the most outstanding Japanese haiku writers stretchng back for several centuries. Malcah Zeldis's vibrant gouache paintings are visual celebrations of revealing moments and quiet observations captured by the poems as the season unfolds. (Ages 8-11)

'A Luis Mendoza story means superlative suspense' Los Angeles Times

Queer cases run in batches in Los Angeles and Lieutenant Luis Mendoza has a few of them on his books. There's the case of the man who is terrified of vampires and who comes to a violent end; there's the odd affair of the theft of tropical fish known as Regal Angels. Then, there's the sweet old lady who holds up banks.

It's all in a day's work in this characteristic Dell Shannon thriller...