by Barb Langridge | May 15, 2011 | Non-Fiction
During World War II, Jeanne Wakatsuki and her family were ordered by the government to move from their home in California and go to an internment camp.She spent the duration of the war in this internment camp. This is a true story of the mass distrust of an entire...
by Barb Langridge | May 15, 2011 | Humor
With the help of a mood ring, a Magic 8 Ball, and some old-fashioned intuition, Judy Moody is convinced that she can foretell the future in a new episode that’s funnier than ever. Judy Moody ate one, two, three bowls of cereal. No prize. She poured four, five, six...
by Barb Langridge | May 14, 2011 | Non-Fiction
What do you know about these rain forest animals: squirrel monkey, red-eyed tree frog, zebra tarantula, scarlet macaw and spiny-tailed iguana? Could you use these plants in your own garden – hibiscus, banana plant, bamboo and moth orchid? This book uses several...
by Barb Langridge | May 14, 2011 | Non-Fiction
“Mommy, what’s a fish?” Are we headed to a world in which future generations will only know fish from pictures on the internet? No more seafood restaurants and tunafish subs? Mark Kurlansky has turned his inquisitive mind to fish, its history,...
by Barb Langridge | May 14, 2011 | Non-Fiction
We pick up the salt shaker and mindlessly add some grains to our food in a way our ancestors would have envied. Thousands of years ago salt was a precious and very valuable commodity. The Chinese emperors controlled it and taxed it. In fact salt paid for the Great...
by Barb Langridge | May 14, 2011 | Non-Fiction
Mark Kurlansky loves to turn his inquiring mind to large ideas and in this child’s eye view, he has chosen to trace the impact of the all-important cod fish on world civilization and history. Yes, I said the cod fish has had an impact on western civilization and...
by Barb Langridge | May 14, 2011 | Non-Fiction
Richard Wright grew up in the woods of Mississippi amid poverty, hunger, fear, and hatred. He lied, stole, and raged at those around him; at six he was a “drunkard,” hanging about in taverns. Surly, brutal, cold, suspicious, and self-pitying, he was...
by Barb Langridge | May 14, 2011 | Non-Fiction
First published by Houghton Mifflin in 1962, Silent Spring alerted a large audience to the environmental and human dangers of indiscriminate use of pesticides, spurring revolutionary changes in the laws affecting our air, land, and water. “Silent Spring became a...
by Barb Langridge | May 14, 2011 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
Welcome to Bluford High. This widely acclaimed teen series set in an urban high school features engaging, accessible writing and appealing, contemporary storylines. Darcy Wills is in big trouble. And she does not know where to turn for help. First there was the...
by Barb Langridge | May 14, 2011 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
In grade school, Darcy Wills and Brisana Meeks were friends. But all that changed at Bluford High when Darcy started hanging with the zeros–a group of students Brisana despises. Now the former friends are bitter rivals, and the tension between them is getting...
