by Barb Langridge | Nov 10, 2011 | Non-Fiction
“Timber.” A huge tree crashes to the forest floor. What could have been strong enough to cut down such a big tree? A wedge, that’s what!” What is a wedge? What are some examples of wedges? How do we use wedges? Turns out a wedge can be the...
by Barb Langridge | Nov 10, 2011 | Non-Fiction
A young girl is playing on the beach when she looks up and sees a cloud flying in overhead. It’s an orange cloud and is like nothing she’s ever seen before. Running to get her mother the two hike down the beach and into the woods with the hope of solving...
by Barb Langridge | Nov 10, 2011 | Non-Fiction
NIne brilliant bridges star in this informative book about the four main types of bridge construction. Beginning with the Brooklyn Bridge we learn about suspension bridges and what the builders had to achieve to enable this bridge to stand despite its one and...
by Barb Langridge | Nov 10, 2011 | Non-Fiction
For young readers who are fascinated by the variety and wonder of nature this book holds some great mysterious creatures. Explore the world of the tiny glass frog, the transparent frog, the transparent octopus and the clearwing butterfly. Why did nature take away...
by Barb Langridge | Nov 10, 2011 | Non-Fiction
These are nature’s flying predators in all their power and majesty. Bring the amazing presence of these giants to children just by opening the flap. Would you want to meet an osprey eye to eye? What a great book to use for making comparisons. Owls, vultures,...
by Barb Langridge | Nov 10, 2011 | Non-Fiction
For hundreds of years the Maasai people “have moved their herds of cattle and goats across thousands of miles in Kenya and Tanzania.” Now their lands are over-grazed and wildlife is in danger. How will this people of long standing traditions adapt and...
by Barb Langridge | Nov 9, 2011 | Picture Book
Caldecott Honor winner Rachel Isadora gives readers a stunning new interpretation of this classic Brothers Grimm fairy tale, setting the infamous witch’s cottage deep in a lush African forest. Hansel and Gretel’s plight feels all the more threatening as...
by Barb Langridge | Nov 9, 2011 | Picture Book
Jamie Lee Curtis and Laura Cornell, the New York Times bestselling team behind Today I Feel Silly and I’m Gonna Like Me, bring us a tender and funny picture book for every parent and child. Tell Me Again About the Night I Was Born is a special celebration of the love...
by Barb Langridge | Nov 9, 2011 | Non-Fiction
“Special animal journeys, called migration, have patterns.” A pattern means it’s something that happens over and over again. Different kinds of animals migrate differently. Reindeer migrate south where it is warmer. Wildebeests migrate to find...
by Barb Langridge | Nov 9, 2011 | Non-Fiction
How do we make plastic? The stuff is all around us in our everyday world but where does it come from? What can you do with plastic? Can you bend it or is it stiff? What is plastic made out of ? This easy to read little book offers some answers to questions young...
