by Barb Langridge | Mar 31, 2011 | Picture Book
This is the poetic journey of a young bird peeking out and wondering if it should risk leaving its nest. It could stay safely at home where it feels comfortable but if that is the choice, then what will be missed? Should it endeavor? As the bird thinks carefully...
by Barb Langridge | Mar 31, 2011 | Picture Book
Using black, white and deep purples, the strident, crass, commercial Oinks reverberate around the city courtesy of the advertising brainpower of Hogg, Hogg and Hog. This is a story of mass media and quote unquote brilliant ideas. How are fads started? Why does...
by Barb Langridge | Mar 31, 2011 | Picture Book
Tobias’s dad just isn’t like everybody else. Oh sure, he loves a good joke, magic tricks, eats meat and spends too much time working. But, you see, he is also a Tyrannosaurus Rex. Tobias accepts his dad most of the time but he wishes his dad didn’t...
by Barb Langridge | Mar 30, 2011 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
“The best thing about third grade was absolutely everything” until Ruby Lu’s family is faced with hard times in the recession. Economics lessons are understandable for children as Ruby Lu’s dad is laid off and her mom goes back to work resulting in changes that affect...
by Barb Langridge | Mar 30, 2011 | Picture Book
The other chickens hate snowy mornings. But not Minerva Louise! To her a snowy day — like everything else — is an adventure. But this chilly, chipper hen needs something to keep her warm. What she finds — and how she finds it — will keep young...
by Barb Langridge | Mar 29, 2011 | Non-Fiction
Another part of Edge Books’ Sanitation Investigation series, Do You Know Where Your Water Has Been? The Disgusting Story Behind What You’re Drinking describes the history of human water treatment and the current water treatment system. This book contains...
by Barb Langridge | Mar 29, 2011 | Historical Fiction
“’Tis a gift to be simple, ’tis a gift to be free…” Like the Willow Tree is one of the latest additions to the acclaimed Dear America series, a wonderful collection of historical fiction stories told by girls from different countries and eras. This story, narrated in...
by Barb Langridge | Mar 29, 2011 | Picture Book
Far from his jungle, alone and hungry, the tiger traveled to reach the safety of the monastery. In the mountains of Tibet, the Buddhist monks fed Dorje until he could hunt again. But his stripes had all faded away… Until one day a young monk saw that Dorje had a new...
by Barb Langridge | Mar 29, 2011 | Non-Fiction
When Henrietta Lacks was treated for cancer in the “colored” ward of the hospital in 1951, doctors took cell samples for research without telling her. In the laboratory, those cells became the first self-sustaining (“immortal”) human cells, enabling countless...
by Barb Langridge | Mar 28, 2011 | Paranormal
Oooh! Why her older sisters can’t see that Elissa’s marrying old Sir Neville is just impossible, Kat does not understand! Even if he is rich and will pay off their brother’s debts, there’s that rumor about the death of his first wife… Just because their late mother...
