Best of 2008

Selected by:
Mary Slamin, Sandra Hile & Gail Fell

JP Juvenile Picture Books

(Read Aloud Stories)

JP Allen, Jonathan. The Little Rabbit Who Liked to Say Moo. Boxer Books. Join Little Rabbit and friends as they moo, baa, oink, hee-haw, and quack their way through this fun-filled farmyard frolic!

JP Aston, Dianna Hutts. The Moon Over Star. Dial Books for Young People. On her family's farm in the town of Star, eight-year-old Mae eagerly follows the progress of the 1969 Apollo 11 flight and moon landing and dreams that she might one day be an astronaut, too.

JP Toddler Beaton, Claire. Baby's First Book. Barefoot Books. A charming collection of nursery rhymes, colors, shapes, sounds and more.

JP Black, Michael Ian. Chicken Cheeks. Simon and Schuster. A laughable look at animal posteriors.

JP Bogosian, Helena. Clay Quests: Hidden Picture Puzzles. Sterling. Have a ball finding the hidden pictures in these puzzles made entirely out of polymer clay.

JP Boswell, Addie K. The Rain Stomper. Marshall Cavendish. When it begins to rain and storm on the day of her big parade, Jazmin stomps, shouts and does all she can think of to drive the rain away. Illustrated by Eric Velasquez, a local artist.

JP Breen, Steve. Violet the Pilot. Dial Books for Young Readers. Violet's only friend is her dog, Orville, until one of her homemade flying machines takes her to the rescue of a Boy Scout troop in trouble.

JP Browne, Anthony. Little Beauty. Candlewick Press. When a gorilla who knows sign language tells his keepers that he is lonely, they bring him a very special friend.

JP Burfoot, Ella. Darkness Slipped In. Kingfisher. Daisy doesn't notice that darkness has slipped into her room. When she sees him she is not afraid, but dances with him until she becomes sleepy and says goodnight. Daisy and Darkness's relationship will be an inspiration to kids struggling with sleep because Burfoot has skipped over fear, focusing instead on the fun of nighttime.

JP Toddler Ceelen, Vicky. Baby! Baby! Random House. Baby and animal photos are paired in this bright board book that highlights the similarities between the different creatures, including a yawning baby and an equally tired lion cub.

JP Demarest, Chris. All Aboard! A Traveling Alphabet. Margaret K. McElderry Books. From A for "All Aboard" to Z for "Zeppelin," this highly original alphabet book takes its travel theme seriously. Each letter of the alphabet represents a travel term, a travel place or a travel mode. Recommended for readers of all ages.

JP DiCamillo, Kate. Louise: the adventures of a chicken. Joanna Cotler Books. Longing for adventure, intrepid Louise leaves her comfortable nest and goes to sea.

JP DiPucchio, Kelly S. Grace for President. Hyperion Books for Children. When Grace's teacher reveals that the United States has never had a female president, Grace decides to be the first. She immediately starts off her political career as a candidate in the school's mock election, but soon, she realizes that she has entered a tough race.

JP Ernst, Lisa Campbell. Round Like a Ball! Blue Apple Books. Turn the die-cut pages to solve the riddl - what is round like a ball.

JP Fleischman, Paul. The Birthday Tree. Candlewick Press. Planted on the same day that Jack was born, he and the apple tree grow strong and tall together. The most amazing thing, however, is that the tree seems to mirror his feelings.

JP Fox, Mem. Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes. Harcourt, Inc. Rhyming text compares babies born in different places and in different circumstances, but they all share the commonality of ten little fingers and ten little toes.

JP Harris, Robie H. Maybe A Bear Ate It! Orchard Books. At bedtime, a youngster who cannot find his favorite book imagines the various creatures that might have taken it from him.

JP Himmelman, John. Katie Loves the Kittens. Henry Holt. When Sara Ann brings home three little kittens, Katie the dog's enthusiasm frightens the kittens away until she learns that quiet patience is sometimes needed to begin a friendship.

JP Hoffman, Mary. Princess Grace. Dial Books for Young Readers. Grace wants to participate in her community festival's princess float, but first she must decide what sort of a princess she wants to be.

JP Knapman, Timothy. Guess What I Found in Dragon Wood. Bloomsbury Children's Books. Here is a twist on the boy meets dragon story. A young dragon finds a boy and introduces him to his family, friends, and teacher, but it is clear that the boy would like to return to his faraway home.

JP Lechner, Jack. Mary Had a Little Lamp. Bloomsbury Children's Books. The Classic rhyme is humorously updated with an appliance twist.

JP Lee, Suzy. Wave. Chronicle Books. A little girl plays with the tide in this beach adventure that lacks text but provides plot aplenty.

JP Lies, Brian. Bats at the Library. Houghton Mifflin Company. Bored with another normal evening, bats discover an open library window and fly in to enjoy the water fountain, photocopier and especially the books and stories found there.

JP Mayhew, James. Ella Bella Ballerina and the Sleeping Beauty. Barron's. Ella Bella, a young ballet student, is magically transported into the story of Sleeping Beauty. She meets all the characters and watches the tale unfold before her very eyes.

JP McDonald, Megan. The Hinky Pinky. Richard Jackson Book. Humble seamstress Anabel's dream of sewing a princess's ball gown is finally about to come true until a Hinky-Pink, a mysterious, seemingly invisible creature begins robbing her of sleep night after night.

JP McDonnell, Patrick. South. Little, Brown and Company. In this wordless story, Mooch the cat helps a lonely bird find its flock, which has flown south for the winter.

JP Page, Gail. Bobo and the New Neighbor. Bloomsbury USA Children's Books. When Bobo the dog tries to help Mrs. Birdhead welcome a new neighbor, he is soon up to his snout in hot water.

JP Ray, Jane. The Apple-pip Princess. Candlewick Press. The King sets his three daughters the task of making the kingdom bloom again, and discovers that sometimes the smallest things can make the biggest difference.

JP Reibstein, Mark. Wabi Sabi. Little, Brown. Wabi Sabi, a cat living in the city of Kyoto, learns about the Japanese concept of beauty through simplicity as she asks various animals she meets about the meaning of her name.

JP Rostoker-Gruber, Karen. Bandit. Marshall Cavendish Children. When Bandit's family moves to a new house, the cat runs away and returns to the only home he knows, but after he is brought back, he understands that the new house is now home.

JP Say, Allen. Erika-san. Houghton Mifflin. After falling in love with Japan as a little girl, Erika becomes a teacher and fulfills her childhood dream by moving to a remote Japanese island.

JP Shulevitz, Uri. How I Learned Geography. Farrar Straus Giroux. As he spends hours studying his father's world map, a young boy escapes the hunger and misery of refugee life. Based on the author's childhood in Kazakhstan, where he lived as a Polish refugee during World War II.

JP Spinelli, Eileen. Hug a Bug. Harper Collins. A simple hug can make anyone, or anything, feel better.

JP Stevens, Janet. Help me Mr. Mutt: expert answers for dogs with people problems. Harcourt. Dogs across the United States write to Mr. Mutt, a people expert, for help with their humans.

JP Stewart, Joel. Addis Berner Bear Forgets. Farrar, Straus & Giroux. A musical bear visits the city and finds the experience a bit overwhelming until he remembers the reason for his trip.

JP Wormell, Christopher. The Animals Came Two by Two: the story of Noah's ark. Running Press. A beautiful and creative new look at a classic story.

JE Juvenile Easy Readers

(Beginning Reader)

JE Grant, Judyann. Chicken said, "Cluck!" Harper Collins. Earl and Pearl do not want Chicken's help in the garden, until a swarm of grasshoppers arrives and her true talent shines.

JE Howe, James. Houndsley and Catina and the Quiet Time. Candlewick Press. Houndsley loves the quiet of the first snow of winter, but Catina does not enjoy being snowed in. With pretending, books, games, creativity, and some time to dream, Houndsley helps Catina let go of her worries and enjoy the snowy day.

JE Jacobson, Jennifer. Andy Shane Is NOT in Love. Candlewick Press. When Andy Shane befriends the new girl in town, everyone thinks he must be in love with her, but the reason he is spending so much time with her is because her dog just had puppies.

JE Milgrim, David. My dog, Buddy. Scholastic. Mom, Dad, and brother Pete all try to get Buddy to obey, but only one family member understands how to communicate with the mischievous canine.

JE Rylant, Cynthia. Mr. Putter & Tabby Run the Race. Harcourt, Inc. Our favorite senior citizen and his cat companion are back in their newest adventure. Mr. Putter is convinced to run in a senior marathon with his neighbor, Mrs. Teaberry, when he learns that second prize is a train set.

JE Willems, Mo. I Love My New Toy! Hyperion Books for Children. When Elephant accidentally breaks Piggie's new toy, they both experience intense feelings before coming to realize how important their friendship is.

JE Yee, Herbert Wong. A Brand-new Day with Mouse and Mole. Houghton Mifflin Company. As best friends Mole and Mouse try to solve the problem of Mole's moth-eaten clothes, they also find new uses for old things.

JYR Juvenile Young Readers

(1st - 2nd Grade Reader)

JYR Hurwitz, Johanna. Mighty Monty. Walker. Quiet first-grader Monty plays the part of a tree in the school play, introduces a new party game at his friend Joey's birthday party, and signs up for karate classes, despite suffering from asthma.

JYR King-Smith, Dick. Dinosaur Trouble. Roaring Brook Press. Young dinosaurs Nosy, a pterodactyl, and Banty, an apatosaurus, become friends, despite their parents' prejudices.

JYR Morris, Gerald. The Adventures of Sir Lancelot the Great. Houghton Mifflin. A hilarious collection of loosely connected stories about Sir Lancelot, King Arthur's most honorable, dashing, and chivalrous Knight of the Round Table, brings to life King Arthur's time for new readers.

JYR O'Neill, Catharine. Annie and Simon. Candlewick Press. Four delightful adventures starring Annie, her patient older brother Simon and Hazel, their dog.

JYR Rees, Douglas. Uncle Pirate. Margaret K. McElderry Books. Wilson's long-lost uncle comes to live with his family. Desperate Evil Wicked Bob and his penguin sidekick, Captain Jack, are not ordinary houseguests.

JYR Tate, Lindsey. Kate Larkin, the Bone Expert. Henry Holt. When Kate breaks her arm, she learns all about bones, from how x-rays work to how bones heal, and by the time she gets her cast removed at the end of the summer, she is an expert.

J Juvenile Fiction

(Novels / Stories 3rd Grade & Higher)

J Anderson, Laurie Halse. Chains. Simon and Schuster Books for Young Readers. After being sold to a cruel couple in New York City, a slave named Isabel spies for the rebels during the Revolutionary War.

J Birdsall, Jeanne. The Penderwicks on Gardam Street. Alfred A. Knopf. The four Penderwick sisters are back again. Faced with the unimaginable prospect of their widowed father dating, they hatch a plot to stop him.

J Blume, Lesley M. M. Tennyson. Alfred A. Knopf. After their mother abandons them during the Great Depression, eleven-year-old Tennyson Fontaine and her little sister Hattie are sent to live with their eccentric Aunt Henrietta in a decaying plantation house outside of New Orleans.

J Burg, Shana. A Thousand Never Evers. Delacorte Presss. As the civil rights movement in the South gains momentum in 1963, the black residents, including seventh-grader Addie Ann Pickett, in a small Mississippi town begin their own courageous struggle for racial justice.

J Cabot, Meg. Allie Finkle's Rules for Girls: Moving Day. Scholastic Press. Nine-year-old Allie Finkle has rules for everything and is even writing her own rule book, but her world is turned upside-down when she learns that her family is moving across town, which will mean a new house, school, best friend, and plenty of new rules.

J Cheng, Andrea. Where the Steps Were. Front Street. A story written in free verse gives readers a series of snapshots of the lives of five children in an inner-city school.

J Creech, Sharon. Hate The Cat. Joanna Cotler Books. In this sequel to Love That Dog, Jack is studying poetry again at school. He continues to write poems that relate to his life.

J DeGross, Monalisa. Donavan's Double Trouble. Amistad. Fourth-grader Donavan is sensitive about the problems he has understanding math, and then when his favorite uncle, a former high school basketball star, returns from war as an amputee, Donavan's problems get even worse as he struggles to accept this "new" Uncle Vic.

J Giff, Patricia Reilly. Eleven. Wendy Lamb Books. When Sam, who can barely read, discovers an old newspaper clipping just before his eleventh birthday, it brings forth memories from his past. With the help of a new friend at school, his questions are eventually answered.

J Hobbs, Will. Go Big or Go Home. Harper Collins. Fourteen-year-old Brady and his cousin Quinn love extreme sports, but nothing could prepare them for the aftermath of Brady's close encounter with a meteorite after it crashes into his Black Hills, South Dakota, bedroom.

J Korman, Gordon. Swindle. Scholastic Press. After a mean collector named Swindle cons him out of his most valuable baseball card, Griffin Bing must put together a band of misfits to break into Swindle's compound and recapture the card.

J Look, Lenore. Alvin Ho Allergic to Girls, School, and Other Scary Things. Schwartz & Wade Books. A young boy in Concord, Massachusetts, who loves superheroes and comes from a long line of brave Chinese farmer-warriors, wants to make friends, but first he must overcome his fear of everything.

J Lowry, Lois. The Willoughbys. Houghton Mifflin Company. The four Willoughby children set about to become "deserving orphans" after their neglectful parents embark on a treacherous around-the-world adventure, leaving them in the care of an odious nanny.

J Mills, Claudia. The Totally Made-up Civil War Diary of Amanda MacLeish. Farrar, Straus and Giroux. Fifth-grader Amanda finds that exercising her writing talent helps her to cope with changes in her family.

J Nicholls, Sally. Ways to Live Forever. Arthur A. Levine Books. Eleven-year-old Sam McQueen, who has leukemia, writes a book during the last three months of his life, in which he tells about what he would like to accomplish, how he feels and things that have happened to him.

J Orr, Wendy. Nim At Sea. Alfred A. Knopf. Nim is back for another adventure. After Alex leaves the island, and Selkie the sea lion is kidnapped, Nim accidentally stows away on the cruise ship that took Selkie, in the hopes of rescuing her and bringing Alex back.

J Park, Linda Sue. Keeping Score. Clarion Books. During the 1950s, young Maggie struggles to will her beloved Brooklyn Dodgers to a victory in the World Series and wishes that her friend Jim, a soldier in Korea, would answer her letters.

J Preller, James. Along Came Spider. Scholastic. Fifth-grader Spider Stevens--nicknamed for his climbing ability--wrestles with his loyalty to his best friend versus friendship with the popular crowd.

J Rupp, Rebecca. Sarah Simpson's Rules for Living. Candlewick Press. In a journal, twelve-year old Sarah Simpson records important lists and the daily events of her life at home and in school, beginning one year after her father moved from Vermont to California to divorce her mother and marry someone else.

J Snow, Maya. Sisters of the Sword. Harper Collins. Two sisters in ancient Japan disguise themselves as samurai warriors to take revenge on the uncle who murdered their family. An action packed adventure for older readers (grade 5 +).

J Juvenile Nonfiction

(Subject Books)

J 031 0. One Million Things: A Visual Encyclopedia. DK Publishing. This visual encyclopedia is jam-packed with thousands and thousands of images that bring more than one million things to light.

J 323.09 M. Michelson, Ricard. As Good As Anybody: Martin Luther King, Jr. and Abraham Joshua Heschel's Amazing March Toward Freedom. Alfred A. Knopf.

J 398.2 A. Alley, Zoe B. There's a Wolf at the Door: Five Classic Tales. A Neal Porter Book. As his plans are spoiled over and over again, the wolf keeps trying to find his dinner, in this retelling of five well-known stories and fables.

J 398.2 China S. Souhami, Jessica. King Pom and the Fox. Frances Lincoln Children's Books. A Chinese version of "Puss in Boots" starring a young man and a clever fox.

J 523.2 A. Aguilar, David A. 11 Planets: A New View of the Solar System. National Geographic. Brilliant photo-realistic illustration and fascinating up-to-date facts bring you a comprehensive look at our solar system as you've never seen it before.

J 531.11 H. Hillman, Ben. How Fast Is It? A Zippy Book All About Speed. Scholastic.

J 567.9 S. Sloan, Christopher. Bizarre Dinosaurs: some very strange creatures and why we think they got that way. National Geographic. Learn about the Amargasaurus, the Carnotaurus and others.

J 571.091 T. Turner, Pamela S. Life on Earth - and Beyond: An Astrobiologist's Quest. Charlesbridge. NASA astrobiologist Dr. Christopher McKay has searched the earth's most extreme environments to understand what factors are necessary to sustain life. Pamela S. Turner offers readers an inside look at Dr. McKay's research, explaining his findings and his hopes for future

J 590 S. Schaefer, Lola M. Look Behind! Tales of Animal Ends. Harper Collins. An intriguing and fascinating A to Z guide to animal and insect behinds.

J 591.53 J. Jenkins, Steve. How Many Ways Can You Catch a Fly? Houghton Mifflin. This eye-popping picture book introduces readers to a menagerie of animals that approach the same challenge in very different ways.

J 591.56 J. Jenkins, Steve. Sisters & brothers: sibling relationships in the animal world. Houghton Mifflin Company. This riveting picture book, illustrated in Jenkins' signature style, is packed with amazing facts about how young animals nurture one other or compete for survival and leave home.

J 597 S. Stockdale, Susan. Fabulous Fishes. Peachtree. A brilliantly illustrated introduction to fish for young readers.

J 597.89 B. Bishop, Nic. Frogs. Scholastic. Nic Bishop's photographs show all different kinds of frogs, big ones, very tiny ones, frogs with beautiful colors of skin, and one frog you can see inside of.

J 599.5 N. Nicklin, Flip. Face to Face with Whales. National Geographic. Awesome and amazing photographs make the National Geographic Face to Face series a favorite.

J 612 M. Macaulay, David. The Way We Work: getting to know the amazing human body. Houghton Mifflin. Introduces youngsters to the workings of their body.

J 617.6 M. Miller, Edward. The Tooth Book: a guide to healthy teeth and gums. Holiday House.

J 624.1 B. Bos, Samone. Super Structures: Inside the World's Most Spectacular Buildings. DK Publishing. An introduction to historic buildings, unusual buildings and buildings of the future.

J 631.4 B. Bourgeois, Paulette. The Dirt On Dirt. Kids Can Press. This ultimate resource for all things dirt, on and around the planet, includes such fun projects as building a bike racetrack, creating fossil footprints, and growing a garden playhouse.

J 636 J. Jackson, Emma. A Home for Dixie: The True Story of a Rescued Pup. Collins.

J 640 W. Walsh, Melanie. Ten Things I Can Do to Help My World. Candlewick Press. You're never too young to make a difference.

J 641.3 D. D'Aulisio, Faith. What the World Eats. Tricycle Press. Every week, families around planet Earth gather for meals at tables, in tents, or on dirt-packed floors, but what they eat depends on where in the world they live. The authors set out to document those weekly meals by visiting twenty-four families in twenty-one countries, from Australia to Mongolia.

J 700 F. Friedland, Katy. A is for Art Museum. Philadelphia Museum. Learn the ABC's while viewing 37 full-color illustrations of paintings, sculpture, tapestries, prints, photographs, and installations from the collections of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

J 730 L. Luxbuacher, Irene. 1 2 3 I Can Draw. Kids Can Press. Offers clear, step-by-step illustrated techniques for creating fun and appealing art projects that lead to discovery and a real sense of accomplishment while also introducing art concepts such as color, form, and texture.

J 741.59 N. Nobleman, Marc T. Boys of Steel: the Creators of Superman. Alfred A. Knopf. Introduces the youthful inventors of Superman. Writer Jerry Siegel and illustrator Joe Shuster are mild-mannered everymen whose reflective glasses conceal their eyes-and their potential. Together they created Superman.

J 790.19 B. Beard, Daniel Carter. The American Boy's Handy Book. Ulysses Press. Originally published in 1882. A handbook of sports, games and amusements for boys of any age.

J 811 P. Prelutsky, Jack. My Dog May Be A Genius. Greenwillow Books. With illustrator, James Stevenson, Prelutsky creates a decidedly goofy and highly entertaining illustrated poetry anthology.

J 910.4 S. Steer, Dugald. The Pirateology Handbook : a course in pirate hunting [by] Captain William Lubber.

J 970 C. Children of the U.S.A. Charlesbridge. Informative text and quick facts about American children in 51 communities across the country. Arranged alphabetically by state, the text and pictures show locals having fun eating, attending festivals, playing sports, and much more.

J 973 T. Talbott, Hudson. United Tweets of America: 50 State Birds. G. P. Putnam's Sons. America's 50 state birds are taking part in a United Tweets pageant emceed by a bald eagle (And now we'll tell you a little something about each bird and the state they call home).

J 975.3 O. Our White House: looking in, looking out. Candlewick Press. An impressive collection of essays, personal accounts, fiction and illustrations from over 108 authors and artists.

J B Baum. Krull, Kathleen. The Road to Oz: twists, turns, bumps, and triumphs in the life of L. Frank Baum. Alfred A. Knopf.

J B Bridgman. She Touched the World: Laura Bridgman, Deaf-blind Pioneer. Clarion Books. The biography of a remarkable woman whose brilliant accomplishments were overshadowed by Helen Keller.

J B Calder. Stone, Tanya Lee. Sandy's Circus: A Story About Alexander Calder. Viking. As a boy, Sandy was always fiddling with odds and ends, making objects for friends. When he got older he started creating wire sculptures. Sandy made a lion. Next came a lion cage. Before he knew it, he had an entire circus and was traveling between Paris and New York performing a brand-new kind of art for amazed audiences.

J B Cogswell. McCully, Emily Arnold. My Heart Glow : Alice Cogswell, Thomas Gallaudet, and the birth of American sign language. Hyperion Books.

J B Coltrane. Weatherford, Carole. Before John was a Jazz Giant: a song of John Coltrane. Henry Holt. This lyrical picture-book biography of John Coltrane focuses on his childhood and how he interpreted sounds before he made his music.

J B Curie. Cobb, Vicki. Marie Curie. DK Publishing. Biography of the Nobel Prize winning scientist whose work with radium helped to change the world. A fascinating look by an award-winning local author.

J B Earhart. Tanaka, Shelley. Amelia Earhart: The legend of the lost aviator. Harry N. Abrams.

J B Einstein. Venezia, Mike. Albert Einstein: Universal Genius. Children's Press. One of the entertaining and informative biographies that are a part of Mike Venezia's new series, Getting to know the world's greatest inventors and scientists.

J B Hopper. Rubin, Susan Goldman. Edward Hopper: Painter of Light and Shadow. Abrams Books for Young Readers. Ms. Goldman Rubin brings Edward Hopper to life in this luminous and literate work. Young readers will relate to Edward Hopper's fascination with drawing and poetry as a young boy.

J B Hunter. Whitehead, Kathy. Art From Her Heart: Folk Artist Clementine Hunter. G. P. Putnam's Sons. Clementine Hunter's paintings went from hanging on her clothesline to hanging in museums, yet because of the color of her skin, a friend had to sneak her in when the gallery was closed.

J B Lincoln. Rappaport, Doreen. Abe's Honest Words: the life of Abraham Lincoln. Hyperion Books for Children. Beautifully illustrated by Kadir Nelson.

J B Maatthai. Nivola, Claire A. Planting the Trees of Kenya: the story of Wangari Maathai. Frances Foster Books. The remarkable true story of Wangari Maathai, the winner of the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize, who changed the fate of her village in the highlands of Kenya by teaching her people how to care for it.

J B Roosevelt. Kerley, Barbara. What To do About Alice? Scholastic Press. How Alice Roosevelt broke the rules, charmed the world, and drove her father Teddy crazy!

J B Scieszka. Scieszka, Jon. Knucklehead: tall tales & mostly true stories of growing up Scieszka. Viking. How did Jon Scieszka get so funny? He grew up as one of six brothers with Catholic school, lots of comic books, lazy summers at the lake with time to kill, babysitting misadventures, TV shows, and jokes told at family dinner.

J B Sullivan. Delano, Marfe Ferguson. Helen's Eyes: A Photobiography of Annie Sullivan, Helen Keller's Teacher. National Geographic Society. A fascinating look at Helen's devoted teacher.

J B Tatum. Parker, Robert Andrew. Piano Starts Here: The Young Art Tatum. Schwartz & Wade Books. Despite being nearly blind, young Art Tatum's passion for the piano and incredible memory in learning music kept his dream of becoming a pianist alive, making him a virtuoso at a young age.

J B Williams. Bryant, Jen. A River Of Words: The Story of William Carlos Williams. Eerdmans Books for Young Readers. This mixed-media illustrated picture book biography of William Carlos Williams traces childhood events that lead him to become a doctor and a poet.

For assistance in finding these titles and others, be sure to ask the Greenburgh Public Library Children's Librarians for help.