by Barb Langridge | Jan 7, 2012 | Picture Book
Geraldine is a goat, and Glenmae, a Navajo weaver. One day, Glenmae decides to weave Geraldine into a rug. First Geraldine is clipped. Then her wool is spun into fine, strong yarn. Finally, Glenmae weaves the wool on her loom. They reader learns, along with Geraldine,...
by Barb Langridge | Jan 7, 2012 | Short Stories
Poisonous girls whose kisses will kill. A fateful eating contest with the devil. Faeries who return to Ironside, searching for love. A junior prom turned bacchanalia. In twelve short stories, eerie and brimming with suspense and unexpected humor, Holly Black twists...
by Barb Langridge | Jan 7, 2012 | Picture Book
One-Eyed Jake was the most despicable pirate to ever sail the seven seas. The cook, the bo’sun, and the cabin boy were desperate to escape Jake’s evil clutches and live quiet, law-abiding lives–and one day they get their chance.—from the...
by Barb Langridge | Jan 7, 2012 | Picture Book
The Read-Aloud Treasury makes finding good children’s literature easy. It includes over thirty popular Mother Goose rhymes; poetry from renowned authors like Arnold Lobel and Jack Prelutsky; world-famous picture stories, many with their original...
by Barb Langridge | Jan 7, 2012 | Short Stories
An illustrated collection of twelve folk tales, ten African and two Jewish.—from the publisher 80 pages 978-0590419727 Ages 4-8 Keywords: folktales, diversity, diverse books, African folklore,...
by Barb Langridge | Jan 7, 2012 | Picture Book
Discovering that making a world takes a lot of work, God calls on his secretary Bruce and the angel Shaniqua to help him create bushes, grass, flowers, and butterflies. By the award-winning author of How Many Spots Does a Leopard Have!—from the publisher 40...
by Barb Langridge | Jan 7, 2012 | Historical Fiction
In 1861, Amelia Martin’s father is stripped of his post as a ship’s captain when he is caught harboring the leader of a slave rebellion. Now he is an assistant lighthouse keeper on Fenwick Island, off the coast of Delaware — a state wedged between...
by Barb Langridge | Jan 7, 2012 | Fantasy
Dragon keepers Jesse and Daisy need help! Emmy, their rapidly growing dragon, has become a real grouch, saying she’s missing “something,” and the cousins don’t have a clue what that something is. Jesse and Daisy go online to ask Professor...
by Barb Langridge | Jan 7, 2012 | Historical Fiction
Blinded after a terrible accident, Bess must learn to overcome her disability with the help of new friends and skills at the Perkins School for the Blind, in the wake of America’s Great Depression. After Bess Brennan is blinded in a sledding accident, she must...
by Barb Langridge | Jan 7, 2012 | Historical Fiction
Newbery Honor author Kirby Larson brings us the first new Dear America diary in years, taking readers through the attack on Pearl Harbor, the start of World War II, and the Japanese incarceration. With this sweeping tale of life on the World War II homefront, Newbery...
