by Barb Langridge | Jan 15, 2012 | Fantasy
Steve can hardly believe it. With his new paintbrush, whatever he paints becomes real. Now he, Grandfather, and Uncle Fong can wish for anything they want. Uncle Fong uses the paintbrush to return to China, to the village of his childhood, and Grandfather wants to...
by Barb Langridge | Jan 14, 2012 | Picture Book
Celebrate the 25th anniversary of Dinner at the Panda Palace! In this charming counting book, perfect for back to school, children will learn the importance of inclusion. Join one hungry elephant, two carsick lions, three pigs running from a wolf, and dozens of other...
by Barb Langridge | Jan 14, 2012 | Fantasy
This is the story of Cupid–the god responsible for heartache, sleepless nights, and all those silly love songs–finally getting his comeuppance. When the god of love falls in love himself, things are bound to get interesting. And when he crosses his mama,...
by Barb Langridge | Jan 14, 2012 | Historical Fiction
Five years ago, Margaret Ann Brady’s older brother left her in the care of an orphanage and immigrated to America. When the orphanage receives an unusual request from an American woman looking for a traveling companion, Margaret’s teachers agree that she...
by Barb Langridge | Jan 14, 2012 | Historical Fiction
As the daughter of a newspaper reporter, fourteen-year-old Libby keeps a diary account of the exciting events surrounding her during the building of the Transcontinental Railroad in the West in 1868.—from the publisher 204 pages ...
by Barb Langridge | Jan 14, 2012 | Historical Fiction
As one of the latest additions to the Dear America series, this tale provides the first-hand account of a Navajo girl who, along with her family and friends, endured the hardships of the Long Walk in an effort to survive and reach her final destination. —from...
by Barb Langridge | Jan 14, 2012 | Historical Fiction
In another very special Dear America Christmas story that crosses the ocean during WWI, Simone Spencer leaves home and keeps a diary of her life as a brave “Hello Girl” on the Western Front. In April of 1917, Simone Spencer’s world changes. Her...
by Barb Langridge | Jan 14, 2012 | Historical Fiction
Following her father’s death from a disease that swept through her Nebraska town in 1881, teenaged Sarah Jane must find work to support herself and records in her diary her experiences as a young school teacher.—from the publisher 188 pages ...
by Barb Langridge | Jan 14, 2012 | Historical Fiction
One of our final two Dear Americas, this is the compelling diary of a young girl who finds herself caught up in the turmoil and drama of the Salem Witch Trials. Deliverance Trembley lives in Salem Village, where she must take care of her sickly sister, Mem, and where...
by Barb Langridge | Jan 14, 2012 | Historical Fiction
The first humorous addition to the historical fiction series is narrated by Teresa, a first generation American of Italian descent, who travels by train and then by wagon with her family from New York to a utopian community in Idaho.—from the publisher...
