by Barb Langridge | Oct 29, 2020 | Picture Book
A story about the wonderfully challenging realities of being a family’s middle kid. Readers experience a day in the life of a middle kid, and all the highs and lows of a life in-between. When you’re the middle kid, you’re never the first nor the last...
by Barb Langridge | Oct 29, 2020 | Picture Book
A picture book celebrating all the reasons to love the rain! Flowers bloom in the garden. Umbrellas bloom on the streets. There are puddles for jumping and, later, a cozy home for hot chocolate and books. • The ultimate rainy day read! • Full of bright, eye-catching...
by Barb Langridge | Oct 29, 2020 | Picture Book
Even when we’re far apart, “here” and “there” can still be connected by a rainbow. A hopeful, timely picture book that helps us all see the rainbows that connect us! On the other side of a window, there is a neighbor. On the other side of...
by Barb Langridge | Oct 29, 2020 | Picture Book
From the excellent Laura Ellen Anderson, this is a very funny picture book about taking notice of the quieter things in life. Stairs are for STOMPING, spoons are for DRUMMING, and when my mum’s working, I help her by HUMMING. Making noise is a LOT of fun . but...
by Barb Langridge | Oct 29, 2020 | Picture Book
Trucks! Counting! Tire-eating aliens! This wonderful, rhyming, super-silly book has it ALL…including Bob Staake’s awesome artwork. THE RUNAWAY NO-WHEELER is a clever spin on a counting book and the perennial favorite, a book starring trucks. Tony is a...
by Barb Langridge | Oct 29, 2020 | Picture Book
One look at the front cover and you know this one is going to be a hoot. Brenda is a sheep and clearly Brenda is posing on the book cover smiling fangs and all. So what will the shenanigans be? Yes, Brenda is wearing a lovely wooly sweater. Her sheep friends have...
by Barb Langridge | Oct 29, 2020 | Non-Fiction
Who HQ brings you the stories behind the most beloved–and frightening!–characters of our time. Find out how Dracula–a smooth-talking count with a dark secret–became the infamous creature we all know and fear. From appearances in films and...
by Barb Langridge | Oct 29, 2020 | Picture Book
Binny woke up happy but nervous. It was her day to share about Diwali, the Festival of Lights! Binny is excited to talk to her class about her favorite holiday. But she struggles to find the words.Taking a deep breath, she tells her classmates about the fireworks that...
by Barb Langridge | Oct 29, 2020 | Humor
Get ready for the performance of a lifetime in this sixth book in the My Weirder-est School series! A.J. and his friends are forming a band! At least, they are taking band classes. Their new teacher, Mrs. Bacon, can teach any instrument, from the kazoo to the tuba....
by Barb Langridge | Oct 28, 2020 | Picture Book
In this wordless picture book, a little girl collects wildflowers while her distracted father pays her little attention. Each flower becomes a gift, and whether the gift is noticed or ignored, both giver and recipient are transformed by their encounter....
