by Barb Langridge | Dec 9, 2011 | Short Stories
In this unique collection, Tomie dePaola shares his love of Christmas and all the delightful twists his life has taken. Christmas Remembered is a delightful window into the life of one of the great American children’s book author/ artists.—from the...
by Barb Langridge | Dec 9, 2011 | Picture Book
Pants, boots, mittens, and cap…Christmas Eve is here, and Santa is dressed and ready to go. But just as he heads to his sleigh—uh oh!—Santa finds himself in a predicament that any little kid knows well: He needs to make a pit stop! With foil on every spread and...
by Barb Langridge | Dec 9, 2011 | Picture Book
Tomie dePaola’s wonderful story of how one girl’s remarkable courage saved her people, and how the bluebonnet flower came to Texas is now available for young children! Adapted from the bestselling The Legend of the Bluebonnet, this board book features an...
by Barb Langridge | Dec 9, 2011 | Picture Book
Everybody needs a rock — at least that’s the way this particular rock hound feels about it in presenting her own highly individualistic rules for finding just the right rock for you.—from the publisher 32 pages 978-0689710513 Ages 4-8 Keywords: ...
by Barb Langridge | Dec 9, 2011 | Action / Adventure
“I cannot tell a lie,” said General George Washington. “The Time Warp Trio helped me cross the Delaware River and surprise the enemy troops.” So how did Christmas Eve in the twenty-first century turn into Christmas Day in 1776? Well, it was...
by Barb Langridge | Dec 9, 2011 | Fiction
Izzy the ice-cream truck is doing everything he can think of to make himself dizzy, but nothing seems to be working as well as he’d like. Among other attempts, Izzy goes through the car wash, gets covered in suds, and spins himself in circles. In all his efforts, he...
by Barb Langridge | Dec 9, 2011 | Historical Fiction
After being forcibly annexed by the U.S., the Hawaiian people turn to the young Princess Kaiulani in the hopes that their toppled monarchy can be restored.—from the publisher ************** In their hope to restore Hawaii¹s toppled monarchy and the Hawaiian way...
by Barb Langridge | Dec 8, 2011 | Historical Fiction
The first in a series of books about the Pepper family, these imaginative children’s stories have delighted readers since their original publication in 1881. This first novel introduces Ben, Polly, Joel, Davie, and Phronsie, the children of their widowed Mamsie,...
by Barb Langridge | Dec 8, 2011 | Picture Book
There’s a small, hungry frog sitting on the log in the middle of the bog. He flicks ONE tick off of a stick. He sees TWO fleas in the reeds. He spies THREE flies buzzing in the skies. The frog is feeling pretty fine, but then… the log in the middle of the...
by Barb Langridge | Dec 8, 2011 | Picture Book
A walk through the Costa Rican cloud forest provides a wonderfully lush setting for Jan Brett’s beloved animal illustrations. When Carlos drops his umbrella to climb a tree for a better view of the animals, they all cram into the banana-leaf umbrella as it...
