by Barb Langridge | Mar 12, 2011 | Picture Book
Princess Paulina has a problem or two. Her father, the king, has given up his throne to become a wood carver but he’s just getting the business started and the cupboard is pretty bare. Princess Paulina decides to get a job of her own. She misses the days of the...
by Barb Langridge | Mar 12, 2011 | Picture Book
This is a story of three characters: a bear, a bluebird and a very tall tree. It begins one day when the young bluebird falls out of his nest and lands in the grass helpless. Luckily a caring young bear comes along in the nick of time and sees the problem. His heart...
by Barb Langridge | Mar 12, 2011 | Picture Book
“Can you keep a secret?” The small creatures of the forest begin passing a secret along from one to another starting with Mr. Snail. The message gets croaked, shaken, buzzed, tickled, hummed, hissed, chattered and clicked. In a delightful trail revealing...
by Barb Langridge | Mar 12, 2011 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
Uncoolness and zits, that’s life for Alexis, until her brother teaches her to play bass guitar for his band. Eventually, she masters the bass (blisters!). Eventually, her body catches up with other teen girls (at last!). Eventually, she has a boyfriend (yay!), then a...
by Barb Langridge | Mar 12, 2011 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
Sweet, touching, funny, and sad, The Sweetest Thing is truly the sweetest book to come out in a long time. Sheridan Wells is a cake decorator extraordinaire and budding artist, but she is also busy helping in the grandmother’s bakery, pulling shifts in her...
by Barb Langridge | Mar 11, 2011 | Picture Book
“Beatrice Bottomwell has NEVER (not once!) made a mistake… Meet Beatrice Bottomwell: a nine-year-old girl who has never (not once!) made a mistake. She never forgets her math homework, she never wears mismatched socks, and she ALWAYS wins the yearly talent...
by Barb Langridge | Mar 11, 2011 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
Jeff Greene was only seven when he came home from school to find a note from his mother. She felt that the world needed her more than her “grown up” son did. For someone who believed she could see the world’s problems so clearly, she was blind to the heartache and...
by Barb Langridge | Mar 11, 2011 | Picture Book
“Gentle, sweet illustrations perfectly match the positive message about families. . . . Although each child is different, Mommy Rabbit loves them all the same, deeply and unconditionally.” —CHILDREN’S LITERATURE “All together now!” Mommy...
by Barb Langridge | Mar 11, 2011 | Non-Fiction
Jane Austen’s novels reflect the happiness and heartache of love and family life so well that they remain popular almost two hundred years after they were first published. But how did Jane come to write them? Do they accurately portray British society of her times?...
by Barb Langridge | Mar 10, 2011 | Fantasy
From the roof of Wickit Monastery, Pip can see far across the Fenland, with its tricky marshes and bogs. A sneeze behind him freezes his blood – is it the Will-of-the-Wisp, come to steal him away? Everyone in the monastery has their own tasks, so no one else should be...
