TIME TO SLEEP
by Denise Fleming
Henry Holt;ISBN: 0805037624;$15.95;1997

The days are growing shorter, the leaves are falling, and all the signs of winter are in the air as bear, ladybug, woodchuck, and their friends prepare to hibernate.

Suggested for ages 2 - 5
Subjects: Animals | Fiction | Hibernation

ANT PLAYS BEAR
by Betsy Byars
illustrated by Marc Simont
Viking;ISBN: 0670867764;$11.99;1997

Four more stories for beginning readers from the author and illustrator of My Brother Ant. Younger, literal-minded Ant sometimes tries the patience of his wiser older brother, but love and kindness prevail. Simont's understated illustrations match the gentle humor of the stories.

Suggested for ages 5 - 8
Subjects: Beginning Readers | Brothers | Fiction | Humor

SILVERWING
by Kenneth Oppel
Simon & Schuster;ISBN: 0689815298;$16;1997

Separated in a storm from his migrating colony of Silverwing bats, little Shade continues south pursued by two evil vampires but aided by Marina, a banded Brightwing bat. This new fantasy world, with its own mythology, technology and magic, remains true to the nature of bats. By story's end, Shade is poised for the next quest-a search for the father he has never known.

Suggested for ages 11 - 14
Subjects: Adventure | Bats | Fantasy | Fiction

THE HOUSE YOU PASS ON THE WAY
by Jacqueline Woodson
Delacorte;ISBN: 0385321899;$14.95;1997

Stagerlee's coming-of-age story deals with both racism and sexuality. The daughter of a black father and a white mother, Stagerlee discovers much about herself during a summer she spends with her cousin Tyler.

Suggested for ages 13 - 16
Subjects: African Americans | Biracial | Cousins | Fiction | Homosexuality | Interracial Marriage | Lesbianism