by Barb Langridge | Dec 8, 2011 | Picture Book
Have you ever wanted to make a million dollars? Marvelosissimo the Mathematical Magician is ready, willing, and able to explain the nuts and bolts — as well as the mystery and wonder — of earning money, investing it, accruing dividends and interest, and...
by Barb Langridge | Dec 8, 2011 | Historical Fiction
It’s the turn of the 20th century in New York’s Lower East Side and a sense of adventure and excitement abounds for five young sisters – Ella, Henny, Sarah, Charlotte and Gertie. Follow along as they search for hidden buttons while dusting...
by Dawn | Dec 7, 2011 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
Jake’s 88 year old grandfather, Billy, is going to live forever. A least that’s what Jake thinks. They spend a lot of time together andJake is told about the “sod house” where the family first settled. When Billy is hospitalized, Jake builds a...
by Dawn | Dec 7, 2011 | Poetry
Collection of humorous poems relating to a wide variety of situations in which a child might find an apology is required. For examplestealing a favorite baseball cap on the day of the state playoffs; reading another’s diary. 96 pages ISBN: 978-0061787256...
by Dawn | Dec 7, 2011 | Poetry
Collection of individual humorous poem on topics very familiar to any and all youngsters. Nothing is sacred when Jack lets loose. Delightful and insures laughter from young reader or listeners. 144 pages ISBN: 978-0062014573 Reviewed by: Frank Hodge, Bookseller...
by Dawn | Dec 7, 2011 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
Fourteen year old Liam and friend, Max, find an abandoned baby lying on a stack of stones. They take the baby to the authorities. Later, when visiting the baby, now named Alison, Liam meets two older foster children in the same home. A girl, Crystal, and refugee,...
by Dawn | Dec 7, 2011 | Mystery
Tantalus Mining is trying to start a mine on Otter island. To prove ownership of her land, Gram needs to find the family deed her husband put in a safe spot. Her grandchildren, the five cousins, set out to help her locate the deed. Very diverse clues are found on...
by Dawn | Dec 7, 2011 | Graphic Novel / Comics / Manga
Anya’s just dying to have a best friend. She’s done everything she can to fit in and have friends; dropping her Russian accent, dressing like the other girls at school, but nothing seems to win her any friends. Anya tumbles down a well and lands on a pile of bones;...
by Barb Langridge | Dec 7, 2011 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
Young Willy is about to be faced with the challenge of his life. Willy lives with his grandfather and one day finds him lying in his bed and close to death. If that isn’t enough trauma, Willy is about to hear from the local tax collector that his grandfather...
by Dawn | Dec 7, 2011 | Graphic Novel / Comics / Manga
What a great pairing of science fiction and graphic possibilities! Astronauts from Earth encounter telepathic, shape- shifting aliens on the Red Planet in this series of short stories written from 1946-58. Adapted as a graphic novel by Dennis Calero and drawn with an...
