by Barb Langridge | Apr 4, 2011 | Humor
Splat’s class is preparing to sing on Parents’ Night, but Splat has stage fright! What will it take for him to overcome his fear?–from the publisher *********** When Splat’s teacher announces that the whole class is going to sing for their...
by Barb Langridge | Apr 3, 2011 | Humor
Oh, boy, let the fun begin all over again. This time Harold and George are about to meet the new science teacher at their school, Professor Pippy P. Poopypants. The good professor of the tragically odd name has taken his wife and his inventions and fled his native...
by Barb Langridge | Apr 3, 2011 | Humor
Snap your fingers and that irritable school principal becomes a superhero, Captain Underpants and he’s about to go off on a whole new mission impossible. George Beard and Harold Hutchins, fourth graders and the nemesis of the good Krupp, have tricked the school...
by Barb Langridge | Apr 3, 2011 | Humor
Harold Hutchins and George Beard, the comic book authors and prank-pullers of Jerome Horwitz Elementary School, are in big trouble once again. This time they have sabotaged the school science fair and in the process of being sent to detention have awakened their...
by Barb Langridge | Apr 3, 2011 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
Cute, quirky, and funny, Gossip From the Girls’ Room is a novel aimed at tween girls–probably those tween girls who keep diaries, girls who write their names in cursive with hearts for dots above the i’s and j’s, girls who whisper their latest...
by Barb Langridge | Apr 3, 2011 | Action / Adventure
Two people cling to the time machine, roaring into the 20th century. But one is a notorious 18th century villain who pushed Peter away from his chance to return home! Kate is furious and refuses to let her friend be left in 1763, despite their families’ efforts to...
by Barb Langridge | Apr 3, 2011 | Humor
Fourth graders Harold Hutchins and George Beard are up to their eyeballs in trouble when their principal, Mr. Krupp, catches them in the act pulling their usual pranks. This pair is constantly coming up with new adventures for the comic book superhero they’ve...
by Barb Langridge | Apr 3, 2011 | Picture Book
Best friends can be rib-tickling when you meet them through the happy pen of Todd Parr. So start turning those pages and get ready to have some friend fun with skunks and even people who are far, far away. Turns out friends can be animals or people but they all like...
by Barb Langridge | Apr 2, 2011 | Non-Fiction
When students seek out a female Civil Rights role model, they often look no further than Rosa Parks, who is indeed deserving of the recognition. Still, students can find an equally admirable role model in Marian Anderson, if only they can find a good biography of...
by Barb Langridge | Apr 2, 2011 | Chick Lit
Eliza, Beth, Lizbet –at each new school, Mclean uses part of her middle nameto reinvent herself after the horrible divorce, as she and her dad travel from town to town so he can help failing restaurants. After Mom left Dad for the basketball coach at the university,...
