by Barb Langridge | Nov 12, 2011 | Picture Book
Everybody gets angry sometimes. For children, anger can be very upsetting. Parents, teachers, and children can talk about it. People do lots of different things when they get angry. In this Caldecott Honor book, kids will see what Sophie does when she gets angry. What...
by Barb Langridge | Nov 12, 2011 | Picture Book
It’s Splat’s first day of school, and he’s worried. What if he doesn’t make any new friends? Nervous kitties wondering about friends and school will enjoy laughing along with Splat the Cat! Just in case, Splat decides to bring along his pet...
by Barb Langridge | Nov 12, 2011 | Mystery
“Feeling things. That’s one of the gifts I got from my mother, being able to feel things that other people don’t. Spooky, isn’t it? That’s how most other kids see it. And me. Spooky Armie. Ever since I was really little…I’ve...
by Barb Langridge | Nov 12, 2011 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
Laugh out loud funny, seriously entertaining, almost overly informative–I did not know anything about threshing wheat until William Alexander explained it pain-stakingly for me–this food-for-thought journey of one introspective, insanely driven, nearly...
by Barb Langridge | Nov 12, 2011 | Fantasy
Night Gate harks back to The Chronicles of Narnia and the works of Madeleine L’engle, to which the author refers in the narrative. The main character, Rage Winnoway, is a twelve-year-old loner trying desperately to save her mother, who has lapsed into a coma...
by Barb Langridge | Nov 12, 2011 | Fiction
Mabel is very organized, and her bedroom is the very picture of cleanliness. Unfortunately for her, little sister Violet is just the opposite. Mabel does her best to put up with her messy little sister–but this task becomes even harder when the girls receive a...
by Barb Langridge | Nov 12, 2011 | Chick Lit
Just Your Average Princess is a delighful romp in America’s heartland where small towns hold quirky festivals in which the whole town populace gathers to watch a parade complete with a coronation float and a princess who holds the title of Pumpkin Princess or...
by Barb Langridge | Nov 11, 2011 | Fantasy
Beguiling, mesmerizing, totally transporting, and inventive, Peter Nimble and His Fantastic Eyes is a quick-paced, intelligent novel in the capable hands of a master storyteller. Auxier deftly blends fantasy and obscure and strange words from bygone days with a...
by Dawn | Nov 11, 2011 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
Fans of Judy Moody who are ready for a challenge will love Megan McDonald’s latest series—The Sisters Club. In Cloudy with a Chance of Boys, the third installment in the Sisters Club series, middle sister Stevie is discovering girls in her sixth grade class seem to be...
by Dawn | Nov 11, 2011 | Picture Book
Double Play is a fun school story written around the addition concept of doubling. Set during recess time, two monkey friends encounter doubling objects and friends as they play. Told in rhyme, each page is vibrantly illustrated with the objects that the friends are...
