by Barb Langridge | Mar 21, 2011 | Graphic Novel / Comics / Manga
No ghosts among the living – that’s the rules. The living in the ghost world? Well, Garth is finding out how that works, as he gets dragged into the afterlife during a ghost capture gone wrong. Garth would be getting to Ghostopolis sooner rather than later, since he...
by Barb Langridge | Mar 21, 2011 | Non-Fiction
Did you know that scorpions glow blue or green under ultraviolet light? That mother scorpions keep their eggs inside their bodies as the baby scorplings develop? That scorpions can wait a whole month between meals? You’ll discover many fascinating facts in this...
by Barb Langridge | Mar 21, 2011 | Picture Book
Alexander is pretty determined that he is not going to move. His father has a new job and the rest of the family has started to fill cartons with their stuff. His older brothers already know they are going to have ready made new friends who live on the same street as...
by Barb Langridge | Mar 21, 2011 | Fiction
Baby Bug is so hungry! When Mama gives her a leaf and watches her eat, Mama says, “You eat like a monster.” Well, the simplest things can be misunderstood and that’s exactly what happens here. Suddenly, everyone thinks a monster is coming and they...
by Barb Langridge | Mar 21, 2011 | Fiction
Max the Duck is relaxing in his chair as he looks around and sees that everyone is doing something important and helpful except for him. Gee, he wonders, does anyone need me to do anything? It’s nice to feel needed but everyone is so busy helping someone else...
by Barb Langridge | Mar 21, 2011 | Fiction
A new series of phonetic readers has appeared and they come loaded with phonics games you can play with your children in addition to the story itself. Meet Gus who drives a bus. One day Jack, who sits in the back, gets on the bus with a jar of bugs. Then bully Bill...
by Barb Langridge | Mar 21, 2011 | Picture Book
Eula is a square cat in a round world and she feels different and wrong. Using a geometric square cat with simple lines but big personality we share in the plight of the square. I mean when you can’t wear red shoes, what is left for you? Stripes aren’t...
by Barb Langridge | Mar 21, 2011 | Picture Book
Get ready to stretch your mind and begin to get in the spirit of things. Now everyone knows that an egg is not actually a baby bird but it may become one “except if” it becomes something else entirely. Such as a snake. Life is filled with twists and turns...
by Barb Langridge | Mar 21, 2011 | Picture Book
On a rainy day in Ireland a dog finds his way to an old man homes but the old man is snarly and pushes him away even though the rain is coming down in a torrent and the man is all alone. The old man talks to himself and reassures himself that he is best off alone with...
by Barb Langridge | Mar 21, 2011 | Picture Book
A boy, his father and their trusted dog Swift are off on a hunting trip with Swift in the lead. His nose will take them to the animals they seek. Until a bear suddenly appears and father is badly wounded. It will be up to Swift and the boy to get help and they leave...
