by Barb Langridge | Mar 23, 2009 | Science Fiction
The Earth’s sun is dying, and Kate’s astrophysicist Grandfather has gone to try to save it. Kate will join the quest in a magical, powerful story of light and love. Light versus dark. The Ancient One and The Merlin Effect are the remaining two books in...
by Barb Langridge | Mar 15, 2009 | Action / Adventure
“Set against the turbulent years of the Napoleonic era, Alexandre Dumas’s thrilling adventure story is one of the most widely read romantic novels of all time. In it the dashing young hero, Edmond Dantès, is betrayed by his enemies and thrown into a...
by Barb Langridge | Mar 12, 2009 | Picture Book
Written in prose instead of the trademark Seuss-rhyme, this story is set in feudal times in the Kingdom of Didd when a king ruled the land and had great power over his subjects. One day King Derwin, the mighty ruler of the land, is riding through the marketplace in...
by Barb Langridge | Mar 7, 2009 | Fantasy
Uprooted once again, the little people journey down a drain, live briefly in a teakettle, and are swept away in a flood. “As irresistible as its predecessors.”–Booklist Keywords: fantasy, action/adventure, tiny people, part of a series, 8 year old, 9 year old,...
by Barb Langridge | Mar 6, 2009 | Fantasy
Pod, Homily, and Arrietty escape from the Platters’ attic and set off to an old rectory to begin life anew. —from the publisher 304 pages 978-0152047313 Ages 8-11 Keywords: fantasy, action/adventure, family life, classic, 8 year...
