by Joanne | Dec 29, 2011 | Historical Fiction
“It was May of 1839 when I got sold. Again…the mistress…sold the whole place–and us, too, just the same as the cows and the chairs.” So begins the story of 16-year-old Charlotte, who has been bought by the owner of the Mammoth Cave...
by Barb Langridge | Dec 29, 2011 | Fantasy
In a chaotic world ruled by The One Who Is the One, Whit and Wisty are struggling to stay alive and keep their special powers intact. Around them the Blood Plague is slowly stealing the lives of everyone in the free thinking ghetto and all books and music have been...
by Barb Langridge | Dec 28, 2011 | Non-Fiction
Alexander Hamilton was one of the important forefathers of the United States of America but he did not begin his life on that continent. In fact, he was born in the West Indies and came to America upon the death of his father. There he attended school and began making...
by Katy Manck | Dec 28, 2011 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
Luchi Ann must leave the prison where she was born. As her American mother died, she told the blond teenager to “go home”, leaving scraps of information. Questions about her father always sent Mama into bleak depression – Mama, who was so glad to be relocated to this...
by Barb Langridge | Dec 28, 2011 | Picture Book
A warm, fun-loving Christmas picture book for families to share and love and laugh over together. A grumpy little troll runs away from home because he doesn’t want to do his chores. Rollo tries living with various woodland animals, but he finds out that there is...
by Barb Langridge | Dec 28, 2011 | Picture Book
..an unusual presentation of the Christmas story, whose most obvious use would be in a Christmas display or in a holiday story hour. — School Library Journal Simple text and pop-up illustrations retell the story of the birth of Jesus, from the Annunciation to...
by Joanne | Dec 28, 2011 | Historical Fiction
Maggie is always full of questions, but a young maid in a fine house isn’t supposed to wonder. A little dog named Oliver is pushing his nose along an icy sidewalk searching for his lost mistress, or at least something to eat. No matter how hard he looks, he can’t find...
by Joanne | Dec 28, 2011 | Non-Fiction
“Lip…felt butterflies rise in his stomach and his knees go weak…but as he stepped up to the plate, he forgot all about being nervous, and he hit the first pitch high over the right-fielder’s head.” In this biography, readers meet Lipman Pike, a young Jewish boy living...
by Barb Langridge | Dec 27, 2011 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
Eight year old Donahue Penelope Schneider (nicknamed Dessert by her grandmother) is feeling neglected by her large and busy family and wants to feel special again. With two younger brothers she calls the Beasties, a younger sister and parent who are always rushing off...
by Barb Langridge | Dec 27, 2011 | Action / Adventure
Victor and Vincent Nightshade are running for their lives through the tunnels and passages of the Catacombs where Killdeer and his powerful henchman, Billycam, reign in terror over the rat citizens of this underground world. The two boys are headed up to the Topside...
