by Barb Langridge | Apr 21, 2011 | Picture Book
This very simple picture book is directed at young soccer players around the world in preparation for the World Cup Games in 2010 and the Women’s World Cup in 2011. Madlenka has a new soccer ball. Now with whom shall she play? She starts in her immediate...
by Barb Langridge | Apr 21, 2011 | Fantasy
Tamora Pierce brings us tales of dragons and warrior-women, wizards and raven-men as we travel with her to Tortall and the herd lands and deepest Idaho. These short stories take time to tell more about characters mentioned in her earlier books, about background...
by Barb Langridge | Apr 21, 2011 | Action / Adventure
Sam Fox begins this adventure by trying to save his twin brothers when they are carried away by a hot air balloon. Instead of rescuing the brothers, he ends up as part of the adventure that includes an encounter with an extremely poisonous Sydney funnel-web spider....
by Barb Langridge | Apr 21, 2011 | Historical Fiction
What would be the psychological effects on a daughter knowing she was illegitimate, had a absentee father (Henry VIII), knew her father had killed her mother (Anne Boleyn), and knew her father could have her killed at any time? The first Queen Elizabeth of England,...
by Barb Langridge | Apr 20, 2011 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
As a piano student at Julliard, Allegra must practice 6 hours every day and attend music classes all day Saturday. But the pressure is so intense that Ally wonders if she could stop. Just stop playing the piano, her chosen instrument since age 4. Child of two...
by Barb Langridge | Apr 19, 2011 | Westerns
This is the third book in the award winning “Jacob Gamble” trilogy (Spur Awards). Yes, westerns also have series novels. The first two novels being Hellfire Canyon and Canyon Diablo. Whereas in Hellfire the reader met Jacob at thirteen-years-old, now it is...
by Barb Langridge | Apr 19, 2011 | Westerns
“Where are your “Louis L’Amour” type westerns?” “I’ve read all of the Louis L’Amour westerns and am now looking for more recently published westerns that are comparable?” Does this sound familiar? Unfortunately,...
by Barb Langridge | Apr 19, 2011 | Picture Book
Saul may be too short for the Navy, but once he is accepted into Pirate School his dream of working on the ocean looks possible. Saul doesn’t quite fit the image of a pirate and has difficulty finding a job and fitting in. Once hired, the little touches Saul brings to...
by Barb Langridge | Apr 19, 2011 | Picture Book
Scaredy Squirrel is so afraid of surprises, clownfish and unicorns that he plans a party for only himself. But how much fun would that be? Watch his party preparations as he decides to invite his friend Buddy—who has a surprise in store. Maybe surprises aren’t so bad...
by Barb Langridge | Apr 19, 2011 | Picture Book
In this charming tale, a little girl passes by an apparently abandoned old yellow house every day with her mother and little sister. But one day when mom is momentarily preoccupied, a little boy with a remarkable resemblance to the garden gnome invites the girl into...
