by Barb Langridge | Jul 22, 2011 | Picture Book
Describes the way residents of a small island celebrate Christmas.—from the publisher 32 pages 978-0688096786 Ages 4-8 Keywords: island life, Christmas, traditions, 4 year old, 5 year old, 6 year old, 7 year old, 8 year...
by Barb Langridge | Jul 22, 2011 | Non-Fiction
Beginning at 6:45 a.m., the book details the workings of a small afternoon daily newspaper. Thorough research is evident in both text and illustration, presenting just the right details to illuminate the subject for younger readers.—from the publisher Notable...
by Barb Langridge | Jul 22, 2011 | Historical Fiction
When the great Velázquez was painting his masterpieces at the Spanish court in the seventeenth century, his colors were expertly mixed and his canvases carefully prepared by his slave, Juan de Pareja. In a vibrant novel which depicts both the beauty and the cruelty of...
by Barb Langridge | Jul 22, 2011 | Graphic Novel / Comics / Manga
Zita’s life took a cosmic left turn in the blink of an eye. When her best friend is abducted by an alien doomsday cult, Zita leaps to the rescue and finds herself a stranger on a strange planet. Humanoid chickens and neurotic robots are shocking enough as new...
by Joanne | Jul 21, 2011 | Picture Book
“Mmmmm,” murmured hungry Crocodile. “How delicious a monkey heart would be!” Sassy Monkey, swinging through the trees, is a tempting treat to Crocodile, lurking below on the river bank. Monkey loves mangoes, which grow on an island in the middle of the river. How he...
by Barb Langridge | Jul 21, 2011 | Picture Book
Welcome to 1921 and the working-class neighborhood of Watts, California, a community blessed by blacks, whites, Latinos, Japanese, Germans, Greeks, Jews and one Italian named Sam. Sam had sailed to America at the age of fourteen to do something big. He was a quiet man...
by Barb Langridge | Jul 21, 2011 | Picture Book
When the telegraph taps out the bad news that the dreaded, fearsome Dirk Yeller is coming to town, everyone is worried and wondering what trouble lies ahead. Dirk is a man who starts stampedes, holds up trains, and he’s just “trouble.” Everyone is...
by Joanne | Jul 21, 2011 | Action / Adventure
Bear finds abandoned boat; after satisfying meal he falls asleep in the boat. Boat carries him to an abandoned lighthouse. Days later boy and dog find boat and again sea takes boat and new cargo to abandoned lighthouse. Bear and boy have adventure at the lighthouse....
by Barb Langridge | Jul 21, 2011 | Picture Book
In a barn filled with high strung horses, Harry of the decaying teeth and comical expression is the go-to guy for easy-going and for kind and for calm and knowing.” He can comfort the wild and nervous horses horses, pedigree notwithstanding. Into this mix comes...
by Joanne | Jul 21, 2011 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
“All your children are poor unfortunate victims of systems beyond their control. A plague upon your ignorance and the gray despair of your ugly life. “ Where did Annie go when she went to town? Who are all those creeps that she brings around? All your children...
