by Barb Langridge | Mar 1, 2011 | Picture Book
There’s a cold wind a’blowin in the desert and Miss Billie Armadilly has decided to warm things up by stirring up a pot of chili. She needs to get her ingredients together and sets off to gather some beetles first thing. As her tarantula friend, Tex, comes...
by Barb Langridge | Mar 1, 2011 | Picture Book
For those of you who are thinking of bringing your elephant to school you may change your mind after reading this informative book. Imagine if you will what it could be like to bring that elephant to school and try to find a chair big and strong enough for it to sit...
by Barb Langridge | Mar 1, 2011 | Picture Book
Jamaica and Brianna are best friends and today as they walk to class they remember they are going to have a substitute teacher. Sure enough, there she is and her name is Mrs. Duval. Jamaica wants Mrs. Duval to like her and she tries really hard to find the hidden...
by Barb Langridge | Mar 1, 2011 | Picture Book
Duck is in great danger. This morning as Duck awoke she heard a strange sound coming out from under her bed. It went like this: “Pshh Pshh!” Duck ran for her life and shouted to Pig telling Pig all about the sound that went Pshh Pshh, Grrrr!. Now...
by Barb Langridge | Mar 1, 2011 | Picture Book
Beverly Billingsly’s friend, Oliver, is having a birthday and Beverly has decided she will bake him a cake. It will be such an important moment in his party, “the grand finale.” Beverly knows just which cake she’s going to make for him too....
by Barb Langridge | Mar 1, 2011 | Picture Book
“Did you feed and water ‘Ol Boss?” Mama calls to Libby. “Yes, Mama,” Libby answers as she’s heading out the door to play with her friend. Oh, but did she? Mama catches Libby in her lie and now Libby is spending the day on the front...
by Barb Langridge | Mar 1, 2011 | Picture Book
Oh what a fun little book. Meet Dot and Jabber, a pair of mouse detectives, who are out for a walk in search of a mystery to solve. As they stroll along looking about carefully, they notice a great number of bugs all around them. Then, in a flash the bugs are gone....
by Mike Costanzo | Mar 1, 2011 | Picture Book
Once in an interview with author T.A.Barron, I asked him, “What’s the best question you’ve ever been asked?” He thought about it for a few seconds and then said his youngest child had once said to him, “Daddy, you write stories, right? Is...
by Barb Langridge | Mar 1, 2011 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
Nine-year-old Eli comes from a long tradition of cattle farmers, and he is bursting with pride when he is finally given a calf of his very own. Little Joe, an Angus beef calf with an impressive pedigree, is a real beauty, if a little skittish, and it isn’t long before...
by Barb Langridge | Mar 1, 2011 | Historical Fiction
Shiloh, the two-day battle fought in April, 1862 was the first major battle of the American Civil War. Political leaders and the public on both sides were appalled by the 23,000 plus casualties. Americans wondered whether the battle was a portent of what was to come....
