by Barb Langridge | Dec 20, 2011 | Picture Book
With a lot of practice, a young boy learns from his old teacher how to listen to the sounds and songs of the natural world. When you know “the other way to listen,” you can hear the wild-flower seed bursting open. You hear rocks murmuring and hills singing, and it...
by Barb Langridge | Dec 20, 2011 | Historical Fiction
Thirteen-year-old Eleanor lives in a palace in Poitier, France, with her father, Count William of Aquitaine and her younger sister, Petronilla. Mischievous and daring, Eleanor’s daily exploits are a constant source of frustration to her grandmother and...
by Joanne | Dec 20, 2011 | Westerns
No, this is not a novel about our troops fighting Al Qaeda and Taliban in Afghanistan. Many readers might not be aware that the United States is only the latest power to become involved in the geographic area known the “graveyard of empires” because no...
by Barb Langridge | Dec 19, 2011 | Picture Book
Little Teeka thought she had to be firm with the reindeer to get them ready for Santa’s important flight, but when her bossy yelling only got their antlers tangled up, she knew she had to try something different.–from the publisher “Beautifully...
by Barb Langridge | Dec 18, 2011 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
Amber Brown wants a room makeover, not another life makeover. She’s used to changes–finding a new best friend, Brandi…having her old best friend, Justin, move to Alabama…dealing with her parents’ divorce…seeing her father move to...
by Barb Langridge | Dec 18, 2011 | Action / Adventure
They’ve conquered the summer reading list, Greek monsters, and Roman gladiators, but a poetry assignment? Stuck writing haikus for English class, Joe, Sam, and Fred take one little break from doing their homework and – BAM! – they land smack-dab in...
by Barb Langridge | Dec 18, 2011 | Humor
Bestselling author Jamie Kelly has been keeping diaries for years . . . and each one just gets funnier! But she has no idea that anyone is reading them. So please, please, please don’t tell her. Something strange is happening at Mackerel Middle School. Even...
by Barb Langridge | Dec 18, 2011 | Historical Fiction
Author Barry Denenberg introduces us to a nineteenth-century Bavarian princess named Elisabeth who at age fifteen is engaged to the emperor of Austria and is swept into an unfamiliar world. Author Barry Denenberg brings us into the whirlwind that is the life of...
by Barb Langridge | Dec 17, 2011 | Non-Fiction
“Describes some of the longest and most famous tunnels ever built. Includes information on the tunnel designers, the challenges they faced, and statistics of the finished tunnels”–From the publisher. 32 pages 978-1607531340 Ages ...
by Barb Langridge | Dec 17, 2011 | Picture Book
This year, Santa and Mrs. Claus are having their entire family over for Christmas dinner. There’s Uncle Alfred the inventor from Bermuda; Sister Olga the opera singer; eight young children, including Baby Willie; even a polar bear named Oscar. With a family like...
