by Barb Langridge | Apr 14, 2011 | Action / Adventure
Cal and Missi , brother and sister have been sentenced byjuvenile court to a summer camp in British Columbia wilds. Planeforced down by weather injuring pilot. Cal checks over theirsituation and decides to head out looking for help. Heads for a plumeof smoke in the...
by Barb Langridge | Apr 14, 2011 | Westerns
The “Mountain Man” West has always been a popular subgenre with boys from the middle 19th century dime novels to the present. The attractions are obvious: action, adventure, heroic survival, individual freedom, and the great outdoors. The literary formula...
by Barb Langridge | Apr 14, 2011 | Picture Book
The Pig family’s quiet afternoon is interrupted by a knockat the door. A quick glance out thewindow confirms their worst fears: the Big Bad Wolf is outside! The family hides behind the sofa, but Little Pig (recalling his grandfather’s surprise party)...
by Barb Langridge | Apr 14, 2011 | Fiction
The author has taken an old classic fairy tale, Hansel and Gretel, and rewritten it for the 21st Century. It has all the classic elements but with a modern flavor. Two siblings, Eleven year old Sol and eight year old Connie are left to solve the mysteries of their new...
by Barb Langridge | Apr 14, 2011 | Non-Fiction
Which famous composer was known for the checked underwear you could sometimes glimpse during a concert when he forgot to put his suspenders on correctly? That’s your first clue that this collection of the life stories of 16 giants of music will not be the usual...
by Barb Langridge | Apr 14, 2011 | Picture Book
All of Louis thoughts are very important to him. In fact, his thoughts are so important to him that when he has something to say, his words begin to wiggle, and then they do the jiggle, then his tongue pushes all of his important words up against his teeth and he...
by Barb Langridge | Apr 14, 2011 | Action / Adventure
Danny Dragonbreath is hoping to see lots of cool bats when he and his best friend, Wendell, visit Danny’s cousin, a bat specialist in Mexico. But he isn’t expecting to get up close and personal with a giant bat monster, who kidnaps Danny and carries him...
by Barb Langridge | Apr 14, 2011 | Historical Fiction
Philadelphia 1777 is no place for the faint of heart. The rumble of war with the British grows louder each day, and spies for and against the Patriots are everywhere. No one is above suspicion. Still, everyday life must go on and young Maddy Rose must help her mother,...
by Barb Langridge | Apr 14, 2011 | Westerns
The cattle trail era only lasted a couple of decades beginning in 1866. End of the trail cow towns such as Abilene, Dodge City, Wichita, the stern trail boss, ramrod Rowdy Yates (Clint Eastwood), Red River & John Wayne, Lonesome Dove, tall tales and yarns,...
by Barb Langridge | Apr 14, 2011 | Fiction
Fourth-grader Hank Wolowitz is having a tough year. His best friend moved away just before the start of the school year, his family has money troubles, and he is being bullied at school by a classmate who steals all the best parts of his lunch every day. He knows that...
