by Barb Langridge | Dec 16, 2011 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
Amber Brown is in deep trouble. Lately, no matter what she does, it isn’t enough. She straightens up her room sort of. She does her homework- well, most of it. And she agrees to meet Max, her mother’s new boyfriend, but she doesn’t agree to like him....
by Barb Langridge | Dec 16, 2011 | Picture Book
This beautiful new edition of Tomie dePaola’s 1978 classic retelling of a French legend stars a little juggler whose unique talent leads him to what might be a Christmas miracle. Little Giovanni is poor and homeless, but he can do something wonderful: he can juggle....
by Barb Langridge | Dec 16, 2011 | Picture Book
A young Native American boy, Rudy, dreams of flying. To learn to fly he takes a baby hawk from its nest and puts it in a cage to raise it for his own. As the summer passes, Ruby learns from the hawk as it grows and it naturally learns to use its wings. Rudy...
by Barb Langridge | Dec 16, 2011 | Picture Book
Mother always told Red Riding Hood not to talk to strangers. But the wolf she met on the way to Granny’s was so charming and urbane. What could be the harm of telling him that she was on her way to Granny’s pretty yellow house on the other side of the...
by Joanne | Dec 16, 2011 | Paranormal
After dying in a car wreck Riley finds herself in place called Here, where the time is always Now. Finding out that the Afterlife is not just a time of leisure, she is given the job of Soul Catcher and her teacher is a boy named Bodhi. Her job is to help lost souls...
by Joanne | Dec 15, 2011 | Non-Fiction
Known as the Father of the Constitution, James Madison served two terms as the fourth president, from 1809 until 1817. When the British set fire to Washington D.C., in 1814, Dolley saved one of our country’s greatest treasures, a portrait of George Washington,...
by Barb Langridge | Dec 15, 2011 | Picture Book
Yucky music, great big feet. Ladies smelling way too sweet. Look at knees and stand in line. Llama Llama starts to whine. Does any child like to go shopping? Not Llama Llama! But Mama can’t leave Llama at home, so off they go to Shop-O-Rama. Lots of aisles. Long...
by Katy Manck | Dec 14, 2011 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
Well, that’s that. Thrown out of dad’s house because she wants to play guitar for a year before going to college, Jasmine has to find a job and somewhere to live – now. When her old car dies in front of a repair shop, she hopes that’s a good sign; an encounter with a...
by Joanne | Dec 14, 2011 | Picture Book
A heartwarming tale following an evergreen tree from its quiet life on a hillside to the final destination as a Christmas Tree for a family. Recommended by Frank Hodge, Emeritus Booktalker of HODGE-PODGE Books, New York, USA
by Joanne | Dec 14, 2011 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
Elsie Wyatt wants to be a professional musician just like her dad. She plays the French Horn and she wants to audition as a freshman for the prestigious Shining Birches. If she was accepted, she would be the youngest person to join the group. She joins the high school...
