by Barb Langridge | Jan 23, 2012 | Historical Fiction
So many readers have written and asked: What happened to Sarny, the young slave girl who learned to read in Nightjohn? Extraordinary things happened to her, from the moment she fled the plantation in the last days of the Civil War, suddenly a free woman in search of...
by Joanne | Jan 23, 2012 | Picture Book
“One small act of loves blooms into something bigger and more dazzling than Little Miss could have ever imagined.” In this brief picture book, Little Miss plants a kiss and, although others doubt it will grow, she believes it will. And it does. Little Miss...
by Barb Langridge | Jan 22, 2012 | Picture Book
Owl can’t get to sleep in Pat Hutchins’s beloved Good-Night, Owl! How is Owl supposed to sleep the day away with the bees buzzing, the woodpecker pecking, the doves cooing, and the squirrels crunching? But when night falls and everything is finally quiet, suddenly...
by Barb Langridge | Jan 22, 2012 | Picture Book
Mandy helps her mother count their items in the supermarket, where they can get in the express lane with no more than ten items.—from the publisher 23 pages 978-0307020130 Ages 2-6 Keywords: supermarket,...
by Barb Langridge | Jan 21, 2012 | Non-Fiction
This inspiring story of little-known civil rights champion Oscar Chapman reminds readers that one person can truly make a difference. On Easter Sunday 1939, Marian Anderson performed at the foot of the Lincoln Memorial for a crowd of over 75,000 people. The person...
by Barb Langridge | Jan 21, 2012 | Non-Fiction
A step-by-step explanation of twenty of the most popular family card games, including “Slapjack” and “Go Fish,” offers detailed instructions and humorous drawings of the games that even young children can follow.—from the publisher 76...
by Barb Langridge | Jan 21, 2012 | Humor
Here’s a laugh-out-loud collection of silly, kooky jokes, bad puns, and wacky witticisms, all certain to please the grade-school set. Vigorous line drawings extend and enhance every groan-inducing line. “A delightful collection….Be sure to take this...
by Barb Langridge | Jan 21, 2012 | Historical Fiction
1990 Newbery Honor winner Two brothers, one family, and an unexpected secret revealed on the cold night of winter… Following the turn of the seasons, eleven-year-old Eldon traces the daily routines of his life on a farm and his relationship with his older...
by Barb Langridge | Jan 21, 2012 | Historical Fiction
Gary Paulsen’s popular Western saga continues in the fourth novel about Francis Tucket. Things look grim for Francis and his adopted family, Lottie and Billy. Without horses, water, or food, they’re alone in a prairie wasteland, with the dreaded Comanchero...
by Barb Langridge | Jan 21, 2012 | Science Fiction
You ever open your locker and find that some joker has left something really weird inside? Seventh-grader Dorso Clayman opens his locker door to find a dead body. Thirty seconds later it disappears. It’s not the first bizarre thing that has appeared in his locker and...
