by Barb Langridge | Sep 10, 2020 | Picture Book
Love is in the air in the latest story featuring the charming friendship of Bear and Spider — and a special someone. Perfect for fans of Peter Brown and Greg Pizzoli! Bear is excited for his new teapot to arrive. When the doorbell rings, Bear finds something...
by Barb Langridge | Sep 10, 2020 | Picture Book
For fans of Two Bobbies comes a moving, true story about a young man and his dog who escape the violence of the Syrian War. Some bonds are stronger than war . . . Life for musician Bassel and his dog Stella in Damascus, Syria, has changed since the civil war began....
by Barb Langridge | Sep 10, 2020 | Fantasy
The blockbuster middle-grade series by New York Times bestselling authors Ally Condie and Brendan continues in this edge-of-your-seat adventure that’s Stranger Things meets The Goonies. After the events of Dark Halloween, the town of Timbers is in a full-blown...
by Barb Langridge | Sep 10, 2020 | Graphic Novel / Comics / Manga
Gabby Woods loves a mystery, but is breaking into an abandoned lake house going too far to uncover the truth? Gabby Woods is looking forward to another summer vacation at her family’s lake house, even though she would rather bury herself in a mystery novel than...
by Barb Langridge | Sep 10, 2020 | Picture Book
From the Caldecott Honor–winning creator of Home and Du Iz Tak? comes a striking tale of a wholly extraordinary room where everything is a half. The light of the half moon Shines down on the half room . . . The half room is full of half things. A half chair, a half...
by Barb Langridge | Sep 10, 2020 | Humor
Move over, Spot. . . . Spoofing classic primers, Max the Dog talks back to the book in a twist that will have fans of funny early readers howling. See Max. Max is not a cat—Max is a dog. But much to Max’s dismay, the book keeps instructing readers to “see the cat.”...
by Barb Langridge | Sep 10, 2020 | Picture Book
Calling readers and daydreamers, word mavens and lovers of adventure! This celebration of the power of books is a rallying cry for letting imaginations soar. We learn important stuff from books. We learn to speak and think. We learn why icebergs stay afloat . . . and...
by Barb Langridge | Sep 10, 2020 | Picture Book
On his first train ride, Michael meets a new friend from the “whites only” car—but finds they can hang together for only part of the trip—in the last story in a trilogy about the author’s life growing up in the segregated South. Michael and his granddaddy always stop...
by Barb Langridge | Sep 10, 2020 | Picture Book
Jameson only ever wears green pants. But if he wants to be in his cousin’s wedding, he’s going to have to wear a tuxedo, and that means black pants. How can he not wear green pants? Will Jameson turn down this big honor, or will he find a way to make everyone happy,...
by Barb Langridge | Sep 10, 2020 | Picture Book
The creator of King Arthur’s Very Great Grandson and Green Pants switches gears with a slyly silly introduction to shapes—just watch out for the emus! First comes the circle. Then the square and the triangle. Then the . . . emu pushing a pancake wagon down a hill?...
