by Barb Langridge | Aug 17, 2007 | Science Fiction
Hot on the heels of the blockbuster film comes a version of H.G. Wells’ chilling tale of alien invasion that every child can enjoy. It begins as the sky lights up with bright cylinders from Mars that look like falling stars—and continues as the Martians emerge from...
by Barb Langridge | Aug 16, 2007 | Action / Adventure
A shipwreck. A sole survivor, stranded on a deserted island. What could be more appealing to children than Robinson Crusoe’s amazing adventure? Set in the 17th century, and unfolding over a 30-year period, it offers plenty of suspense and everyday detail about how...
by Barb Langridge | Aug 9, 2007 | Historical Fiction
Twelve-year-old Sumiko feels her life has been made up of two parts: before Pearl Harbor and after it. The good part and the bad part. Raised on a flower farm in California, Sumiko is used to being the only Japanese girl in her class. Even when the other kids tease...
by Barb Langridge | Aug 3, 2007 | Historical Fiction
Dickens’ timeless novel transports young readers to a colorful Victorian England filled with mistreated orphans, grim workhouses, and gangs of thieving children. The hero finds himself in dire circumstances after he dares to beg for more food in the orphanage....
by Barb Langridge | Apr 11, 2007 | Humor
Cooked carrot? Too many brothers and sisters? Big ears? P.J. Funnybunny has had it with being a bunny. It’s just too hard and there are too many problems with bunnyness. One day he packs up and heads out to leave the world of bunny-being and turn to the world of...
