by Barb Langridge | Oct 12, 2011 | Historical Fiction
Alex, an eleven year old Jewish boy, finds himself alone with his pet rat, Snow, hiding in the Poland ghetto bombed ruins for 5 months while waiting for his father’s return. When their lives are affected by unpredictable treatment by the Nazi soldiers and those...
by Barb Langridge | Oct 12, 2011 | Non-Fiction
Some of the fiercest and most skilled hunters in the world, owls use stealth, power, and a strong sense of hearing and sight to stalk and kill their prey. Watch these cunning animals as they grow from small chicks into full-grown owls honing the instincts and skills...
by Barb Langridge | Oct 11, 2011 | Fantasy
Charlotte Miller’s father has just passed away, leaving the wool mill that has been in her family for generations in her hands. Despite a staggering debt and talk of an ancient curse, the seventeen-year-old and her younger sister, Rosie, are determined to keep...
by Barb Langridge | Oct 11, 2011 | Historical Fiction
The year is 1852. It is a dangerous time to be a Jewish boy in Russia, as the government has a policy of conscripting male children for twenty-five years–with the goal of making them forget their Jewishness. Twelve-year-old Mendel knows that to be taken into the...
by Barb Langridge | Oct 11, 2011 | Non-Fiction
Trudy Ederle loved to swim, and she was determined to be the best. At seventeen Trudy won three medals at the 1924 Olympics in Paris. But what she planned to do next had never been done by a woman: She would swim across the English Channel in fourteen hours and set a...
by Barb Langridge | Oct 10, 2011 | Picture Book
Set in Africa, this beautiful rendition of the classic Christmas carol has a unique twist: colorful icons illustrate the various gifts repeated in each verse of this cumulative song, creating a rebus-style text that gives young children a fun way to follow along and...
by Barb Langridge | Oct 9, 2011 | Picture Book
An enchanting tale of hidden beauty and fierce courage, retold in the style of T’ang Dynasty poetry and illustrated with charm and grace A young Chinese princess is sent from her father’s kingdom to marry the king of a far-off land. She must leave behind her home of...
by Barb Langridge | Oct 9, 2011 | Picture Book
Meet adorable cuddly and fuzzy animals in this tactile padded board book that encourages tiny fingers to explore and develop fine motor skills while building an early language foundation. Filled with real-life animal photographs featuring touch-and-feel textures that...
by Barb Langridge | Oct 9, 2011 | Picture Book
With padded covers, simple images, and an amazing range of novelty textures, Baby Touch and Feel books will immediately capture the attention of the very youngest children, and create an experience they’ll want to repeat over and over again. Baby Touch and Feel:...
by Barb Langridge | Oct 8, 2011 | Graphic Novel / Comics / Manga
In the tradition of Calvin and Hobbes, MAL AND CHAD is a funny comic-strip graphic novel that makes a perfect first chapter book! Mal is a super kid genius and Chad is a talking dog, but no one knows it. What’s it like to be so extraordinary and yet so...
