by Barb Langridge | Oct 16, 2011 | Historical Fiction
Have you ever finished a book and felt that there must be more to the story? Perhaps there were characters left behind and you wanted to know their stories, too. Author Hilary McKay re-read the classic tale “A little princess” by Frances Hodgson Burnett with her own...
by Barb Langridge | Oct 16, 2011 | Historical Fiction
The story of young Sara Crewe, the “little princess” who is left at Miss Minchin’s Select Seminary for Young Ladies at the tender age of seven in early-1900s London, has become a classic story, retold in the theatre and in movies. Read for yourself the true story of...
by Maria Lemonnier | Oct 16, 2011 | Historical Fiction
Although she is tired of the responsibility of being the oldest sister, Felicity realizes how much her family means to her when a carriage accident puts her pregnant mother in danger. From the Publisher. 38 pages ISBN-13: 978-1562477622 ...
by Barb Langridge | Oct 15, 2011 | Picture Book
Elmer the elephant is bright-colored patchwork all over. No wonder the other elephants laugh at him! If he were ordinary elephant color, the others might stop laughing. That would make Elmer feel better, wouldn’t it? David McKee’s comical fable about...
by Barb Langridge | Oct 15, 2011 | Humor
Pranks and tomfoolery abound in Dorothy Edwards’s classic tale of a sister who is always up to no good My naughty little sister is stubborn, greedy, and full of mischief. She tries to cut off the cat’s tail; she bites Santa’s hand; and she and Bad...
by Barb Langridge | Oct 15, 2011 | Humor
Award-winning author Eve Bunting’s hilariously fun story about the world’s stinkiest sneakers is one kids are sure to love! The competition, friendship, and rivalry make this book a laugh-out-loud story that is perfect for grade school children. Colin has spent weeks...
by Barb Langridge | Oct 14, 2011 | Non-Fiction
Without honey bees the world would be a different place. There would be no honey, no beeswax for candles, and, worst of all, barely a fruit, nut, or vegetable to eat. So imagine beekeeper Dave Hackenburg’s horror when he discovered twenty million of his charges had...
by Barb Langridge | Oct 14, 2011 | Picture Book
Ralph, the opera-loving short order cook at the diner on Pier 46, helps to save his favorite singer from the clutches of tough rat kidnappers. ‘Brisk, entertaining melodrama.–from the publisher 32 pages 978-0064430586 ...
by Barb Langridge | Oct 14, 2011 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
Young readers will relate to Nancy’s test-taking dilemma in this Fancy Nancy I Can Read story from the New York Times bestselling team Jane O’Connor and Robin Preiss Glasser. Nancy loves spelling. She can spell fun words like “happy” and French words...
by Barb Langridge | Oct 14, 2011 | Non-Fiction
Becoming a writer the hard way In the summer of 1971, Jack Gantos was an aspiring writer looking for adventure, cash for college tuition, and a way out of a dead-end job. For ten thousand dollars, he recklessly agreed to help sail a sixty-foot yacht loaded with a ton...
