by Barb Langridge | Feb 3, 2012 | Non-Fiction
This non-fiction book for very beginning readers uses a touch of humor as it shows how different animals sleep. From pigs to puppies to penguins, the book offers glimpses of animals as they live, play and sleep. In the end, the book even has the readers talking about...
by Barb Langridge | Feb 3, 2012 | Historical Fiction
In her debut for the My America series, Sharon Dennis Wyeth introduces readers to Birdsong, an amazingly literate young slave boy in antebellum Kentucky. This is the family’s trying escape from bondage. March 1858 Mama and me ran. Our turn to fly. We will meet...
by Barb Langridge | Feb 3, 2012 | Picture Book
Caldecott Honor artist and bestselling author David Shannon’s warm and funny new picture book introduces Alice, a mischievous little girl with a “No, David” nose for trouble and a magic wand. Alice has a nose for trouble, but luckily she’s a...
by Barb Langridge | Feb 3, 2012 | Picture Book
Help Mercer Mayer’s Little Critter get ready for the holidays in this classic, funny and heartwarming book. The perfect gift for Christmas! Whether he’s making wreaths, eating gingerbread cookies, or putting the star on the top of the tree, parents and...
by Barb Langridge | Feb 3, 2012 | Picture Book
When a vicious bully targets Little Sister, Little Critter sets out to defend her, making him the focus of the bully’s nasty pranks, until Little Sister and Little Critter join forces to stand up for themselves. —from the publisher 24 pages ...
by Barb Langridge | Feb 3, 2012 | Picture Book
A classic and beloved Little Golden Book, from the illustrator of Tootle, The Little Red Caboose, and Scuffy the Tugboat. This rhyming story about an animal orchestra and its hippo conductor is perfect for reading aloud. Children will have front-row seats as they...
by Barb Langridge | Feb 3, 2012 | Fiction
Flora is Lee’s cat. She is as soft as silk. Flora sleeps on Lee’s bed. Lee likes it that way. But Flora vanishes. She isn’t under the bed or in the garden or up in the peach trees. Then one night, Flora returns–with company!This tale of a boy’s feline friend and...
by Barb Langridge | Feb 3, 2012 | Historical Fiction
When Jesse Smoke and his family are forced to leave their home, land, and belongings, they must journey west, along with several thousand other Cherokees, on The Trail of Tears.—from the publisher 176 pages 978-0439121972 ...
by Barb Langridge | Feb 3, 2012 | Picture Book
In this adaptation of the old lullaby, Hush, little baby, an extraterrestrial child is promised an assortment of outer space presents ending with a goodnight kiss from his adoring father.—from the publisher 24 pages ...
by Barb Langridge | Feb 3, 2012 | Picture Book
An adventuresome bus ride turns even wilder when Tommy brings his pet hamster for show-and-tell and Hammy escapes from his cage and leads Tommy and his friends on a lively hide-and-seek romp through the busload of rowdy kids.—from the publisher 32 pages ...
