by Barb Langridge | May 7, 2011 | Non-Fiction
In 2004 the Nobel Peace Prize was given to Wangari Maathai, a woman from Kenya whose life had created such opportunities and self-sufficiency for so many people in her country. Wangari grew up hearing the stories of her people told over and over again and she learned...
by Barb Langridge | May 7, 2011 | Non-Fiction
Got a mystery lover in the family? A budding detective perhaps? Well, sharpen up the old deduction tools and open up this glorious exploration of mysteries in nature. Ten different creatures are featured within and each begins with a clue delivered in the form of a...
by Barb Langridge | May 7, 2011 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
Seventh-grader Danny Shine and his best friend, Jasper aren’t usually invited to sit at the cool kids’ table and they aren’t total geeks either. They have a reserved place somewhere in between or at least they did until the day in the cafeteria when...
by Barb Langridge | May 7, 2011 | Graphic Novel / Comics / Manga
Perry the Playmaker has always been the Tigers’ go-to guy — until super-tall and ultra-talented Jason joins the team. Feeding the ball to Jason in the post is a guaranteed two points, but Perry refuses to play nice. Instead, he hogs the ball and takes bad...
by Barb Langridge | May 7, 2011 | Non-Fiction
From college Homecoming Queen to award winning scientist, Mimi Koehl has found her way to a career in biomechanics exploring how living things survive in some very difficult conditions. The next time you take a walk along a craggy beach and you notice the creatures...
by Barb Langridge | May 6, 2011 | Non-Fiction
Have you ever heard of the Crater of Doom? Sixty-five million years ago a giant space rock crashed into the planet Earth and formed the Crater. The debris flew into the atmosphere and is an explanation for how dinosaurs disappeared from our world. Today, a female...
by Barb Langridge | May 6, 2011 | Non-Fiction
Okay, quick… name two female American astronomers! Okay, name one female American astronomer! Let me introduce you to Heidi Hammel who “uses the world’s most powerful telescopes to learn about planets.” She is a specialist in Uranus and...
by Barb Langridge | May 6, 2011 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
First published in 1952 and immediately hailed as a masterpiece, Invisible Man is one of those rare novels that have changed the shape of American literature. For not only does Ralph Ellison’s nightmare journey across the racial divide tell unparalleled truths...
by Barb Langridge | May 6, 2011 | Non-Fiction
If your reader devours Guinness record books, this compendium of “awesome” places is for him/her. Each page highlights a natural or manmade phenomenon with full color photographs and a short description. Additional facts are highlighted in insets on the page, breaking...
by Barb Langridge | May 5, 2011 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
From the beautiful cover alone, it is clear that The Dreamer is something special, a rich and sensual gem of a fictional biography. Always, Neftalí Reyes has his heads in the clouds, drifting away in beautiful fantasies of birds and oceans and beetles and raindrops....
