by Barb Langridge | Sep 19, 2011 | Sports
There are two things that fourteen-year-old Dylan Crow, a.k.a Slider, cares about-his foster brother, Mikey, and skateboarding. Now Mikey is missing. Can Slider use his skating skills to escape the people who are after him? Can he trust the police? Can a skateboarder...
by Barb Langridge | Sep 19, 2011 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
Harper wants nothing more than to enter her poetry in the school’s poetry contest and find a true best friend. However, her Dad walks out and Mom can’t pay the rent even with two jobs. What happens when Mom loses her job? Who will watch Harper’s little brother? Where...
by Barb Langridge | Sep 19, 2011 | Action / Adventure
The British Empire has enemies – the evil Clockwork Guild. Modo is a spy for Britain’s Permanent Association whose sole purpose is to protect the Empire’s interests. Both organizations want to find the God Face, an Egyptian artifact that is said to be a powerful...
by Barb Langridge | Sep 18, 2011 | Humor
This wordless small book is filled to the brim with the delightful shenanigans of the frog who came to dinner. The family is getting ready to go out to a fine French restaurant. As their young son dresses up, his best friends, a frog, a dog and a turtle watch with...
by Barb Langridge | Sep 18, 2011 | Graphic Novel / Comics / Manga
Cupcake’s life is pretty good. He’s got his bakery, and his band, and his best friend, Eggplant. His days are full of cooking, socializing, and playing music. But lately, Cupcake has been struggling in the kitchen. He’s sure the solution to all his...
by Barb Langridge | Sep 16, 2011 | Non-Fiction
When he was born, Michelangelo Buonarroti was put into the care of a stonecutter’s family. He often said it was from them that he got his love of sculpture. It certainly didn’t come from his own father, a respectable magistrate who beat his son when he...
by Barb Langridge | Sep 15, 2011 | Non-Fiction
Acclaimed nonfiction author Sandra Markle presents the daring story of a mother emperor penguin’s struggle to reach the sea, find food, avoid predators, and make her way back to her mate and their newborn chick before they starve. Alan Marks’ luminous...
by Barb Langridge | Sep 15, 2011 | Action / Adventure
The leaders of the world’s villainous forces are being picked off one by one in a series of mysterious attacks and Dr Nero is forced to take temporary control of G.L.O.V.E. when Diabolus Darkdoom is seriously injured. He then discovers that Otto, who has now...
by Barb Langridge | Sep 14, 2011 | Non-Fiction
Sesame Street and The Muppet Show introduced Jim Henson’s Muppets to the world, making Kermit the Frog, Oscar the Grouch, and Big Bird household names. But even as a child in rural Mississippi, listening to the radio and putting on comedy shows for his family,...
by Barb Langridge | Sep 14, 2011 | Humor
Get ready for riffs on hot girls, health class, and social hell! The outrageously funny boys from Swim the Fly return to rock their sophomore year. In this hilarious sequel to Swim the Fly, told from Coop’s point of view, it’s the beginning of the school year, and the...
