by Barb Langridge | Jun 9, 2026 | Historical Fiction
Winner, Quebec Writers’ Federation Janet Savage Blachford Prize for Children and Young Adult Literature Finalist, Governor General’s Literary Award for Young People’s Literature In this sequel to the award-winning A Boy Is Not a Bird, a boy is exiled to Siberia...
by Barb Langridge | Jun 9, 2026 | Picture Book
Turtles are found on every continent EXCEPT Antarctica. But not for long! Follow along as a rogue group of determined animals embark on an adventure (and defy their flustered narrator in the process) in this funny animal picture book for kids! When the narrator...
by Barb Langridge | Jun 9, 2026 | Picture Book
A child touchingly narrates the ups and downs of living with a parent who experiences mental illness. Sometimes Mom soars like a kite. Other times the kite turns into a sail, and she’s like a boat, bobbing along the waves, until water spills over the sides and she...
by Barb Langridge | Jun 9, 2026 | Picture Book
For a young child, a subway journey is an eye-opening city-life experience. A story-poem from award-winning creators James Gladstone and Pierre Pratt. The journey begins with the roar of the subway from the street above, as the child and their mom descend to the...
by Barb Langridge | Jun 9, 2026 | Picture Book
A monster mender works hard to heal all wounds, but struggles to help a sea serpent who just seems … sad. Dot is a monster healer. She treats bruises and burns and sore throats and sniffles for all sorts of creatures ― dragons, krakens and gryphons included. But when...
by Barb Langridge | Jun 9, 2026 | Picture Book
“Feelings, feelings, they aren’t bad. Happy, angry, even sad.” Set My Feelings Free is a beautifully illustrated picture book that helps children understand and manage their big emotions through engaging rhymes, playful movement, and scientifically...
by Barb Langridge | Jun 9, 2026 | Mystery
Newbery Honor-winning author Gail Carson Levine shares a story of family, prejudice, faith, and unlikely friendship in medieval England, for every child who is more perceptive than they seem, and braver than they know. Chera, Lummie, and Joan are unusual in medieval...
by Barb Langridge | Jun 9, 2026 | Picture Book
It’s mayhem on the farm when the farmer can’t find her pajamas in this rhyming, rollicking read-aloud sure to delight every child who has ever had a favorite comfort object. There are plenty of chores on the farm, and the farmer has the routine down to a science. When...
by Barb Langridge | Jun 8, 2026 | Picture Book
For fans of Dragons Love Tacos comes this yummy tale about monstrous misadventures, the second book in the Mythical Feasts series. I bet you thought cookies were a monster’s favorite treat, because some hungry monsters munch their cookies on the street. But did you...
by Barb Langridge | Jun 8, 2026 | Picture Book
A fountain begins to offer up unexplained gifts to a town’s residents—a garden gnome, roller skates, a mountain of bananas—until they find the gift of each other’s company. One Tuesday morning, a yellow hat bobs to the surface of the town fountain. The next day,...
