by Barb Langridge | Dec 10, 2011 | Picture Book
Remember how the Gingerbread Boy is eaten by the fox? Well, not this Gingerbread Baby in a delicious twist to a favorite old tale.It all begins when Matti opens the oven too soon and out jumps a cheeky little Gingerbread Baby. He leads Matti’s mother and father,...
by Barb Langridge | Dec 10, 2011 | Picture Book
A story filled with suspense and humor, this classic tale of a town mouse and a country mouse takes a new twist in the imaginative and talented hands of Jan Brett. She introduces two engaging mouse couples eager to get away from their everyday lives. But when they...
by Barb Langridge | Dec 10, 2011 | Picture Book
The Three Little Pigs with a twist! In the tradition of her bestseller The Three Snow Bears, Jan Brett finds inspiration for her version of a familiar story in Namibia, where red rock mountains and vivid blue skies are home to appealing little dassies and hungry...
by Barb Langridge | Dec 10, 2011 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
Amber Brown’s going through a growth spurt . . . and her body’s not the only thing that’s changing. Her mom and Max are engaged. Her dad is moving back from Paris. And now her school’s overrun by skunks, and she feels like she’s being...
by Barb Langridge | Dec 10, 2011 | Non-Fiction
A Newbery Honor Book Tomie’s family starts building their new house at 26 Fairmount Avenue in 1938, just as a hurricane hits town, starting off a busy, crazy year. Tomie has many adventures all his own, including eating chocolate with his Nana Upstairs, only to...
by Barb Langridge | Dec 10, 2011 | Picture Book
Francisco is a lonely boy. Amigo is a prairie dog. They both live in the desert, and both want someone to play with. Francisco thinks that he’s “taming” Amigo, his pet — but Amigo knows better.—from the publisher 48 pages ...
by Barb Langridge | Dec 10, 2011 | Action / Adventure
Thanks to the magic of The Book, Joe, Sam, and Fred are back in the wild, wild West – and it’s proving to be way too wild. They’re almost stampeded by a herd of crazed cattle and nearly suffocated by foul cow fumes! Then they meet a friendly Indian...
by Barb Langridge | Dec 10, 2011 | Picture Book
HOW DO DINOSAURS LAUGH OUT LOUD? With good-natured jokes, lift-the-flaps on every spread, and the classic, bestselling characters from Jane Yolen and Mark Teague. What do you call a dinosaur sleeping in your bed? A Dino-snore! Filled with the beloved prehistoric humor...
by Barb Langridge | Dec 10, 2011 | Picture Book
When a kindergarten class gets rowdy, Mrs. Ruler knows just what to do. She’s about to teach a new golden rule: KINDNESS IS COOL! Soon the entire class is doing so many good deeds that their kindness bulletin board barely fits their classroom! From clearing the table...
by Barb Langridge | Dec 10, 2011 | Humor
Read the hilarious, candid (& sometimes mean) diaries of Jamie Kelly, who promises that everything in her diary is true…or at least as true as it needs to be. In this book, Jamie contends with Angeline, the school’s prettiest, most popular girl (who...
