by Barb Langridge | Oct 28, 2011 | Historical Fiction
Momo has always wanted a Lhasa terrier–a dog like the ones the Buddhist priests hold sacred in their temples. And her dream is realized when a trader brings Pempa to her parents’ tea house. But after a band of robbers steals the valuable dog and quickly...
by Barb Langridge | Oct 28, 2011 | Non-Fiction
n this unforgettable chronicle of perhaps the most famous moment in American military history, James Bradley has captured the glory, the triumph, the heartbreak, and the legacy of the six men who raised the flag at Iwo Jima. Here is the true story behind the immortal...
by Barb Langridge | Oct 28, 2011 | Non-Fiction
All of us are part of an old, old family. The roots of our family tree reach back millions of years to the beginning of life on earth. Open this family album and embark on an amazing journey. You’ll meet some of our oldest relatives–from both the...
by Barb Langridge | Oct 28, 2011 | Science Fiction
THIRTEEN-YEAR OLD EVA wakes up in the hospital unable to remember anything since the picnic on the beach. Her mother leans over the bed and begins to explain. A traffic accident, a long coma . . . But there is something, Eva senses, that she’s not being told. There is...
by Joanne | Oct 27, 2011 | Non-Fiction
This is the story of Samuel Adams, American Patriot and a founding father of the new American nation. He wrote and spoke out about the unfair British taxes imposed upon the colonists and helped organize the Stamp Act. He instigated the Boston Tea Party – an act...
by Katy Manck | Oct 27, 2011 | Chick Lit
Dreaming about the perfect dress for the seventh-grade dance is much more fun than studying the Titanic in history or doing math problems. Of course, it should be a vintage dress – Louise just adores vintage designer clothes. When an invitation to the exclusive...
by Barb Langridge | Oct 26, 2011 | Picture Book
This is a gentle, warm, funny story about working together and getting along with others even if you are two pigs, a moose and a bear. All is well as our tale begins, with two friendly pigs heading out to spend the day together in the woods. When they return home each...
by Barb Langridge | Oct 26, 2011 | Picture Book
Rocking us in the cradle of singsong words and gently offering us the curious images of an unfamiliar land and culture, this lullaby is also a glimpse into the life of a mother and child in the exotic land of Tanzania. Every warm and lovely illustration is filled with...
by Katy Manck | Oct 26, 2011 | Historical Fiction
At 15, Maya is taking her mother’s ashes home to India, back to the grandparents she’s never met, traveling with her father in 1984, far from Canada where she was born. Unheard-of for a Sikh and a Hindu to marry in India of the 1960s! Disowned by her family, his...
by Barb Langridge | Oct 26, 2011 | Historical Fiction
‘An astonishing feat’ – “The Times”. A young man arrives in the Ukraine, clutching in his hand a tattered photograph. He is searching for the woman who fifty years ago saved his grandfather from the Nazis. Unfortunately, he is aided in...
