by Barb Langridge | Mar 8, 2011 | Picture Book
“Just how big can a little kid dream?” is the question asked by this playful new book that stretches the limits of a young boy’s boundaries as he gallops through his day. As he rolls out of bed, Alexander hears his father tell him to get ready for...
by Barb Langridge | Mar 8, 2011 | Non-Fiction
It’s March, 1974, in northern China, and three farmers are headed out into the fields to find a place to dig a well to help them overcome the drought that is threatening ther crops. The three men begin to dig and suddenly, one of them strikes something...
by Barb Langridge | Mar 8, 2011 | Picture Book
In the late 1600’s in the unearthly calm of Massachusetts with its valleys, its forests and its fog there arose a feeling of something supernatural lurking throughout and tales of ghosts and other worldly doings began to emerge. This is the tale of a farmer by...
by Barb Langridge | Mar 8, 2011 | Humor
No one can possibly have moo-er fun with cows than Sandra Boynton and here she is at the top of her form. This a cowllection of jokes, stories, comics, adventures, fashionistas, and even a myth that includes zoooose. Yup, yer gonna be knee deep in cow jokes and cow...
by Barb Langridge | Mar 8, 2011 | Picture Book
Welcome to Iditarod Race Day and 1, 151 miles leading from Anchorage to Nome and challenging even the best of dogs. Akiak is ten years old and though she has led her teams seven times and brought in fifth, third and second places, she has never won. This is her last...
by Barb Langridge | Mar 8, 2011 | Picture Book
This book was written especially to celebrate Kwanzaa, the holiday created for African Americans in 1966 by Dr. Maulana Karena, a college professor who felt his community needed a “special time” to focus on and treasure their past and their hopes for the...
by Barb Langridge | Mar 8, 2011 | Picture Book
Zen is the Japanese word for meditation in case you are like me and did not know that. This is a book of stories as in short meditations or Zen Shorts that can be read for fun or read as ideas to think about. We begin with a family of children, Karl, Michael and Addy....
by Barb Langridge | Mar 8, 2011 | Picture Book
Although this book is a very simple depiction of the classic image of love between parent and child, the difficult vocabulary is easily understood through the vivid illustrations.This parent-child intimacy goes from landscapes that evolve from fields to forests to...
by Mike Costanzo | Mar 8, 2011 | Picture Book
Once upon a time there was a bird who could not fly. The bird wanted to be like the other birds. One night the wishingbird came and told the bird he could make a wish for whatever he wanted. The bird wished for a pair of golden wings. Magically, the wings appeared and...
by Barb Langridge | Mar 8, 2011 | Fiction
Would you like to know how one enters the Land of the Unicorns? Simply hold a very special amulet containing the hair of a unicorn close to your chest while saying these words, “Luster bring me home.” You must do this while jumping off the roof of a...
