by Barb Langridge | Jan 1, 2026 | Non-Fiction
People passing by call this land the big empty. / But I call it home. In spare, poetic text written from the point of view of big sagebrush, readers are transported to the vast landscape of western North America. This incredibly resilient plant, which can live as long...
by Barb Langridge | Jan 1, 2026 | Non-Fiction
A bold picture book biography about Mary Katharine Goddard, the only woman whose name is printed on the Declaration of Independence, by award-winning authors Karen Blumenthal and Jen McCartney, and illustrated by Elizabeth Baddeley. Who was Mary Katharine Goddard?...
by Barb Langridge | Jan 1, 2026 | Non-Fiction
In the mid-1800s, a wave of Chinese immigrants traveled to the West Coast of the United States. They were following rumors of Gold Mountain, a land rich with treasure for all who came. When gold proved elusive, they began to seek their fortunes in other ways―as...
by Barb Langridge | Jan 1, 2026 | Non-Fiction
Ablaze with pattern and color, this ebullient picture book biography celebrates the intersection of art and science—through the life and lens of an extraordinary amateur mathematician. When Marjorie Rice was a little girl in Roseburg, Oregon, in the 1930s, she saw...
by Barb Langridge | Jan 1, 2026 | Poetry
From the venerable John Himmelman comes something new—a collection of story poems perfect for fans of Shel Silverstein. Ivo lived in a great big shell. That floated in the sea. He wrote stories to make the time pass. Millions and millions of stories. More than a shell...
