by Barb Langridge | Dec 7, 2011 | Humor
Read the hilarious, candid (and sometimes not-so-nice), diaries of Jamie Kelly, who promises that everything in her diary is true — or at least as true as it needs to be. They were just a soft, ordinary pair of thrift-shop jeans until Jamie Kelly tried them on ....
by Barb Langridge | Dec 7, 2011 | Historical Fiction
Fourteen-year-old Prussian princess Sophia finds herself entangled in her mother’s efforts to arrange a marriage between Sophia and Charles-Peter, a young German duke and nephew of the Russian empress Elizabeth. As Sophia’s mother moves to make the match,...
by Joanne | Dec 7, 2011 | Picture Book
Orphan boy Ahmed works for cruel circus owner. He finds golden egg in the forest. Egg hatches into beautiful young girl whom owner enslaves. Girl sprouts silken feathers. Boy releases her. Nightly Ahmed finds feathers in his bed. The freed girl, Aurelia, comes at...
by Joanne | Dec 7, 2011 | Picture Book
Delightful story of young girl’s desire for a tutu so she can become a ballet dancer. She finally learns she must practice to develop ballet skills to earn her tutu. Recommended by Frank Hodge, Emeritus Booktalker of HODGE-PODGE Books, New York, USA
by Joanne | Dec 6, 2011 | Humor
This is a very funny story of a third grade worrywart named Justin Krzeskewski. In each little thing he encounters he worries about what might possibly happen. His hesitation earns him the nickname, Just-in-case. The events in the story are really for every elementary...
by Joanne | Dec 6, 2011 | Fantasy
This first book in the Dragon Speaker trilogy introduces Jacob, a young man from a small village, who is far from considering himself a hero. Jacob has a crippled leg, the result of having been trapped in his burning cabin when his village was attacked by the evil...
by Barb Langridge | Dec 6, 2011 | Graphic Novel / Comics / Manga
“Join Nate in this collection of his funniest moments, as he confronts the pressures and concerns of sixth grade with his classic hilarity. Sixth-grader Nate Wright is on top of the world . . . with a little help from his friends! His best buddies, Francis and...
by Joanne | Dec 6, 2011 | Non-Fiction
The first woman to fly across the Atlantic solo, Amelia Earhart disappeared mysteriously. — from the publisher 32 Pages ISBN 978-0823415175 Ages 6-9
by Barb Langridge | Dec 6, 2011 | Picture Book
This die-cut book explores two (!) concepts: counting and words-within-words, while also telling a satisfying story about the power of art and imagination in one child’s life. ONE boy all alONE two SEAls in the SEA three APEs no escAPE four monKEYs hold the KEY...
by Barb Langridge | Dec 6, 2011 | Westerns
Rebecca Conyers is homebound on a train headed for Texas after a visit with her aunt, when two cowboys begin harassing her, but lucky for her Tom Whitman comes to her rescue. To show her gratitude, she offers him a job at her father’s ranch, Live Oak. Tom is...
