by Barb Langridge | Jan 7, 2012 | Historical Fiction
Francis Tucket and his adopted family, Lottie and Billy, are heading west in search of Francis’s parents on the Oregon Trail. But when winter comes early, Francis turns south to avoid the cold, and leads them right into enemy territory–the Mexican War of...
by Barb Langridge | Jan 7, 2012 | Picture Book
Celebrate Christmas with Duck and Goose’s new holiday board book! Our feathered friends are getting ready for Christmas. The only problem? Goose is more interested in skating, sledding, and making snow angels than in helping Duck decorate their Christmas tree. While...
by Barb Langridge | Jan 7, 2012 | Picture Book
National Book Award Winner 1983 Where does everyone and everything live? A House Is a House for Me is a rollicking rhyme about houses. Some of the houses are familiar, such as an anthill and a dog kennel, while others are surprising, such as a corn husk and a pea pod....
by Barb Langridge | Jan 7, 2012 | Picture Book
In this familiar children’s nursery song, Mary arrives at school one day with her friendly lamb following close behind her. Going against school rules, the students sneak the adorable lamb inside where they teach it the alphabet, to count ot ten, and even how to...
by Barb Langridge | Jan 7, 2012 | Poetry
What is a family? Who is a family? Either a lot or a few is a family; But whether there’s ten or there’s two in your family, All of your family plus you is a family! There is something for everyone in this celebration of families – poems about...
by Barb Langridge | Jan 7, 2012 | Picture Book
For children, a diagnosis of celiac disease and an abrupt change to a gluten-free diet can bring about an overwhelming number of questions and concerns. What is gluten? Why can’t I eat cake, cookies, and chicken nuggets like everyone else? What do I tell my...
by Barb Langridge | Jan 6, 2012 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
14-year-old Anthony, or Ant, is growing up in East Cleveland in a land of weed and guys who slap girls over imagined slights and guys who shoot other guys over those imagined slights. A walk to the grocery store can be a beginning or an end. But Anthony’s mother...
by Barb Langridge | Jan 6, 2012 | Historical Fiction
Monticello… who doesn’t instantly think of Thomas Jefferson, his unique contribution to our nation and our heritage? He’s a forefather and the father of Miss Martha and Miss Maria and then there was the other family, the family he had with his slave,...
by Barb Langridge | Jan 6, 2012 | Action / Adventure
The adventure that started it all! Relive the adventure, the romance, and the action in this thrilling novelization of the major motion picture. Indiana Jones, archaeology professor and swashbuckling adventurer, has unearthed many ancient treasures. But now the very...
by Barb Langridge | Jan 6, 2012 | Science Fiction
Bored? Looking for adventure? Here’s your book! Jimbo’s life is not exactly scintillating when first we meet. An English lad, he’s surrounded by the bleakness of his father who has lost his job and is dressing up to be in a robe, his sister who is...
