by Barb Langridge | Jan 28, 2012 | Picture Book
Rabbit confides to Owl that he is planning a party, but as the message is passed from animal to animal it gets more and more confused.–from the publisher “I’m having a party tomorrow,” Rabbit whispers to Owl. “It’s a...
by Barb Langridge | Jan 28, 2012 | Historical Fiction
After following her father from their home in England to the plains of Minnesota, Mary must summon the strength to face the challenges and heartbreaking losses that she and her family encounter. “Land of the Buffalo Bones” is the diary of Mary Rodgers,...
by Barb Langridge | Jan 28, 2012 | Historical Fiction
Canadian Library Association Book of the Year 2002 In 1897, in Guelph, Ontario, eleven-year-old Victoria chronicles her family’s experiences when they take in twelve-year-old Mary Anna, an orphan, who has been separated from her siblings.—from the...
by Barb Langridge | Jan 28, 2012 | Historical Fiction
In 1852, during the height of the California Gold Rush, ten-year-old Wong Ming-Chung makes the dangerous trip to America to join his uncle on his hunt for a fortune. The true treasure for Ming-Chung, though, is America itself. In the midst of the lawless, often...
by Barb Langridge | Jan 28, 2012 | Historical Fiction
After the deaths of her parents, 12-year-old Chou Spring Pearl is taken into the home of her father’s wealthy benefactor. Unlike most Cantonese girls, Spring Pearl has learned to read and write, but she must now learn a new skill-how to survive in Master...
by Barb Langridge | Jan 28, 2012 | Action / Adventure
David thought he was alone, that the ocean around him was all there was of the world. The wind screamed, the waves towered, and his boat, the twenty-two foot fiberglass FROG, skidded and bucked and, each moment, filled deeper and grew heavier with sea water. David...
by Barb Langridge | Jan 28, 2012 | Historical Fiction
The year is 1525 and books written by reformers like Martin Luther are being burned all over Europe. For Tom Barton, who smuggles such books into England, the ban is an opportunity to make money. But when Tom meets William Tyndale, who defies the king and distributes...
by Barb Langridge | Jan 28, 2012 | Historical Fiction
1968 Newbery Honor book From the depths of a cave in the Vermilion Sea, Ramon Salazar has wrested a black pearl so lustrous and captivating that his father, an expert pearl dealer, is certain Ramon has found the legendary Pearl of Heaven. Such a treasure is sure to...
by Barb Langridge | Jan 28, 2012 | Picture Book
Ms. Frizzle’s class is having a hard time putting together a giant globe of the world. A piece is missing…an island so new it hasn’t been discovered yet! Before they know it, the kids are beneath the oceans’s surface, exploring an underwater...
by Joanne | Jan 28, 2012 | Non-Fiction
This amazing work, published in association with the Library of Congress and using primary sources from its rich archives, documents in great detail the “Jim Crow” years of the African- American experience in the United States. This book takes the approach of looking...
