by Barb Langridge | Mar 22, 2026 | Picture Book
Banished to the back yard to play outside, the little boy is unimpressed as he looks at the empty, bare expanse of grass. But when he spots a little snail, picks it up and rubs the dirt off it he gets the surprise of his life. Suddenly the snail comes to life...
by Barb Langridge | Mar 21, 2026 | Historical Fiction
Embark on a sweeping journey of self-discovery in this adventurous historical middle grade novel perfect for fans of Karen Cushman and Gary Paulsen. Twelve-year-old Blanca of Castile is the granddaughter of Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine, once the wife of both the king of...
by Barb Langridge | Mar 21, 2026 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
For fans of Jasmine Warga and Starfish, an Iranian American girl navigates complicated relationships with her mother, her best friend, and her body image in this unflinching and ultimately uplifting middle-grade debut. Sometimes Yasmin feels like her body isn’t hers....
by Barb Langridge | Mar 21, 2026 | Fiction
The fifth installment in the Schneider Award Honor-winning young middle grade series starring an unforgettable young boy on the autism spectrum, from National Book Award finalist Elana K. Arnold. For Bixby Alexander Tam (nicknamed “Bat”), nothing is more important...
by Barb Langridge | Mar 21, 2026 | Mystery
In the tenth novel in New York Times bestselling author Stuart Gibbs’s FunJungle series, super sleuth Teddy Fitzroy is on the case to rescue an abducted young gorilla! When a baby gorilla is stolen from an orphanage in Rwanda, Teddy, his parents, and an old family...
