by Barb Langridge | Jan 14, 2022 | Picture Book
Confident, empowered girls are celebrated in this follow-up to Happy Hair, a flower-filled, nature-loving, read-together picture book that encourages growth and positivity, Lovely and wise, shine at sunrise! I am growing each day! Beautiful Black and Brown girls with...
by Barb Langridge | Jan 14, 2022 | Picture Book
Author Muợn Thị Văn and Stonewall Book Award-winning artist Jessica Love detail all the big and small reasons why we love the people we do within a call-and-response picture book that features families across the spectrum. “I love you because you tell the best...
by Barb Langridge | Jan 14, 2022 | Historical Fiction
Dana Schwartz’s Anatomy: A Love Story is a gothic tale full of mystery and romance. Hazel Sinnett is a lady who wants to be a surgeon more than she wants to marry. Jack Currer is a resurrection man who’s just trying to survive in a city where it’s too easy to die....
by Barb Langridge | Jan 14, 2022 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
Haydu’s (Ever Cursed) powerfully told verse novel centers toxic familial legacies and women’s experiences with stereotyping and the male gaze via the lens of a single family’s tradition. On her 16th birthday, presumed-white social media influencer Mimi Dovewick’s...
by Barb Langridge | Jan 14, 2022 | Fantasy
Everything casts a shadow. Even the world we live in. And as with every shadow, there is a place where it must touch. A seam, where the shadow meets its source. #1 New York Times–bestselling author V. E. Schwab weaves a dark and original tale about the place where the...
by Barb Langridge | Jan 14, 2022 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Unteachables, Gordon Korman, comes a hilarious new high-concept friendship story in the vein of Back to the Future. Perfect for fans of Korman’s Restart. Mason and Ty were once the very best of friends, like two nerdy...
by Barb Langridge | Jan 14, 2022 | Fantasy
A young girl must stop a threat to her magical world in this epic graphic novel from New York Times bestselling author Marjorie Liu and remarkable debut illustrator Teny Issakhanian. Zuli is extraordinary—she just doesn’t realize it yet. Raised by mystical bird...
by Barb Langridge | Jan 14, 2022 | Picture Book
“What is a competition?” Africa asks her brother. “It’s where you show what you’re made of,” he tells her. And we’re off….. after school on Monday, Africa sees a poster that says Double Dutch Competition Sunday. Africa...
by Barb Langridge | Jan 14, 2022 | Fantasy
For fans of Caraval and The Night Circus, this decadent and darkly enchanting YA fantasy, set against the backdrop of a Belle Époque-inspired hotel, follows seventeen-year-old Jani as she uncovers the deeply disturbing secrets of the legendary Hotel Magnifique. All...
by Barb Langridge | Jan 14, 2022 | Picture Book
Jingle-jingle! Neigh, neigh, neigh! Clap your hooves for Christmas Day! There’s so much for unicorns to do to get ready for Christmas! They send out cards by shooting stars, they trim their trees with rainbow flowers, and they sing the Unicorn Christmas Song....
