by Barb Langridge | May 3, 2011 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
“A voice on TV: Once again, the child is eight years old. Last seen wearing a pink dress, with matching beads in her hair. She may be holding a dolll she calls Kamara. If you have any information, please call….” It was only a matter of seconds or...
by Barb Langridge | May 2, 2011 | Fiction
Fans of Smith’s earlier books Tantalize and Eternal will leap at the chance to read this exciting new YA paranormal novel. It melds vampires, werewolves, mythology and angels together. Doesn’t every new vampire deserve a guardian angel? Quincie runs her...
by Barb Langridge | May 1, 2011 | Picture Book
Our birthday girl is just shy of her sixth birthday by 5 months, 3 weeks, 2 days, and 8 hours when the story begins. As the story progresses, so do her plans for a birthday to rival the festivities of a royal wedding. Of course the big day finally arrives (after a...
by Barb Langridge | May 1, 2011 | Picture Book
Lucy the Canada Goose has always done things her way, ever since she hatched. When her mother, 3 brothers, and sister go west, Lucy heads east; when they fly high, she peeks under the waters of their cold northern lake. As the goslings learn to fly, their mother tells...
by Barb Langridge | May 1, 2011 | Picture Book
Have you ever left the water running in the tub and found it cascading over the sides onto the floor? William’s mother tells him he can leave the water running for one minute and no more but in comes his older brother, Walter. who turns the water up to run even...
by Barb Langridge | May 1, 2011 | Picture Book
One wonderful afternoon the mailman delivered a package for Yoko from her granny or obaasan and grandpa, ojiisan, in Japan. It was a special doll to celebrate Girls’ Day. Yoko was so excited and decided to take her new doll to school for show and tell. Her...
by Barb Langridge | May 1, 2011 | Picture Book
Divorce is a really tough experience for a young child to live through. We meet Danny on the day his father is going to leave home. Danny knows his dad will wait for him to come home from school before leaving. But still Danny doesn’t feel like being at school,...
by Barb Langridge | May 1, 2011 | Picture Book
With tongue firmly in cheek (oh dear) our intrepid Mr. Archimedes dives into his bath along with a goat, a kangaroo and a wombat. What’s a bath without your wombat, I ask you? Funny thing, the water rises and makes a mess on the bathroom floor. So, the...
by Barb Langridge | May 1, 2011 | Picture Book
When a new baby is on the way, there is an air of excitement and expectation and perhaps a few questions that the new parents are wondering about. This is especially true if you are an insect! Or at least if you’re an insect in this hilarious question and answer...
by Barb Langridge | May 1, 2011 | Picture Book
Sporting huge, oversized perfect for story time illustrations this spare text book begins with a young firl who has given up on magic and wonder in the world. Where are the fairies she asks? How about the mermaids, have they all become fish? Meanwhile all around her...
