by Barb Langridge | Apr 5, 2011 | Sports
Two men stepped up to the plate back in the summer of ’41 and the nation was tuned in to their every bat stroke. What kind of magic did they possess that they could attract that kind of a following? We are talking about Joe DiMaggio and Ted Williams, two...
by Barb Langridge | Apr 5, 2011 | Picture Book
Got a car lover in the family? One of the younger variety who thinks that things that go are what it’s all about. Well, that young Jeff Gordon is in for a real treat here. Written in four line rhyme the fun begins with some Seussical vehicles hitting the black...
by Barb Langridge | Apr 5, 2011 | Picture Book
Welcome to the exotic world of ancient Persia! This story is derived from a poem written by the Persian poet, Rumi, and tells the tale of a wealthy merchant who keeps a brightly colored parrot caged in his store to attract customers. The merchant has no sense of how...
by Barb Langridge | Apr 5, 2011 | Non-Fiction
Take a minute to look around with your children and see where you live. Do you eat breakfast, lunch and dinner every day? Do you live in a house? Do children work for their living every day or do they go to school? What is your story? Using a foundation of the 54...
by Barb Langridge | Apr 5, 2011 | Non-Fiction
Want to make a farm out of your front yard? Live in the city and think fresh veggies only come from the supermarket? Here’s a great introduction to and encouragement for young kids about planting and harvesting your own fresh food. You too can have a vegetable...
by Barb Langridge | Apr 5, 2011 | Picture Book
“How do you like to go up in a swing? Up in the air so blue…” Robert Louis Stevenson wrote it in his poem The Swing and Tricia Tusa is letting us join in her own soaring journey into the world of creativity and imagination. It’s the same world...
by Barb Langridge | Apr 5, 2011 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
Piper is eighteen, smart, a good kid and not too popular the day she stands in front of her high school on a Monday morning watching the newly crowned winner of the Seattle Battle of the Bands, Dumb, play for the rockin’ crowd. Energy is throbbing and Piper is...
by Barb Langridge | Apr 5, 2011 | Historical Fiction
Fifteen year old Lina’s life is about to change from loving family, respected parents, dreams of a future to violence, degradation, humiliation and survival. It’s June 14, 1941 in Lithuania and the Soviets are purging this newly invaded country of all...
by Barb Langridge | Apr 5, 2011 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
Borden Watson hates spotted owls, and with good reason: his logger father lost his job because efforts to protect the endangered birds has stopped all cutting of trees in northern California’s old-growth forests. Angry, the boy is determined to kill any...
by Barb Langridge | Apr 5, 2011 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
This is the fourth book in the Calvin Coconut series by Graham Salisbury. Calvin is given a class assignment to do primary research. Calvin has no problem coming up with a discovery idea, for his new-found dong named Streaks has very bad breath. Calvin decides that he...
