by Barb Langridge | Mar 27, 2011 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
In this early chapter book, Anna Hibiscus is a young girl who lives in “Amazing Africa”, with her family and her extended family. Her mom is from Canada and her dad is Native African. Her world is surrounded by cousins, aunties, uncles, grandparents and of course her...
by Barb Langridge | Mar 27, 2011 | Paranormal
Luce Price has been sent to the Sword & Cross boarding school after a horrific accident involving her last boyfriend.Even though she can’t stand the new school with its no-cell-phone rule, creepy buildings, freaky students and ever-present security cameras, she...
by Barb Langridge | Mar 26, 2011 | Science Fiction
Far north of Grassland, Pippa and her friends search for her home village, a place safe from the kidnapping and fighting life of the iron-masked Spears. The boys have been trained as warriors, but hope their skills are not needed on the journey. At last they find...
by Barb Langridge | Mar 26, 2011 | Picture Book
“Dream Big!, that’s my motto”, says Louise the Big Cheese Diva. Louise wanted so badly to play the starring role in the school play, Cinderella, but Fern, her best friend landed that part. Louise had to settle for being a mouse. Louise’s spunky personality doesn’t...
by Barb Langridge | Mar 26, 2011 | Paranormal
Something strange is happening in Nightshade. People are seeing double. Doppelgangers of the residents are popping up all over the town. When the Giordano girls get the news that their missing father has been spotted all over town, they decide to get to the bottom of...
by Barb Langridge | Mar 25, 2011 | Humor
Our young hero is off for a satisfying day of fishing at the local stream. His loyal team accompanies him, dog and frog. The bobber floats. Dog and frog settle in for a long wait for that fabulous first bite. And then….. and then… there’s a bite....
by Barb Langridge | Mar 25, 2011 | Humor
Otto helps Santa find a place to rest after a busy night delivering presents in this Pre-level 1 Ready-to-Read by New York Times bestselling author/illustrator, David Milgrim. This is part of the award-winning, star-reviewed The Adventures of Otto series. See Santa...
by Barb Langridge | Mar 25, 2011 | Non-Fiction
Originally released in 2005, this description of what going to school in Alaska is like may already be on your shelves. The author, the 2004 Disney Teacher of the Year, has updated the book with answers to some of the questions kids generally ask. This new edition...
by Barb Langridge | Mar 25, 2011 | Picture Book
Kids are often told to sit still and be quiet. But Denise Fleming encourages them to shout, shout it out! By taking basic learning concepts like numbers, letters, and colors and putting them on display, she asks kids to shout out what they know–and her readers...
by Barb Langridge | Mar 25, 2011 | Picture Book
Buster does not like change. But change is coming . . . and its name is Betty. “Buster was a happy dog. He had everything he could ever want-until one day, when his owner brought home a big box.” Buster hoped there would be juicy steaks or fancy cheeses or...
