by Barb Langridge | Feb 14, 2011 | Non-Fiction
This large format, stunningly illustrated book perfectly captures the thrill and excitement of a relatively new branch of astronomy, the search for new planets, by profiling one of its most successful practitioners, Geoff Marcy.Since 1995, Marcy and his team have been...
by Barb Langridge | Feb 14, 2011 | Suspense / Thriller / Horror
Thrilling, twisted, taut, and tantalizing, this debut novel delivers shock waves! Sixteen year old Cara never really fits in; she sits with the other track girls at lunch but feels miles apart from their lively banter. What she longs for is to be popular and date...
by Barb Langridge | Feb 12, 2011 | Picture Book
Introduce children to the alphabet and first words with this interactive trace-and-flip board book featuring bright and bold illustrations! This unique, innovative book offers an engaging way for children to discover letters and first words! Young readers can trace...
by Barb Langridge | Feb 12, 2011 | Picture Book
Penguin’s boisterous young animal friends play together in silly, then safe ways in this companion to PLEASE SAY PLEASE! Penguin and his rambunctious young friends are off to the playground, running so fast that they knock each other down. Is that right? No,...
by Barb Langridge | Feb 12, 2011 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
An I Can Read story from New York Times bestselling duo Jane O’Connor and Robin Preiss Glasser: Yummy, cupcakes are scrumptious (that’s fancy for tasty!). Nancy is thrilled to be making cupcakes for the bake sale! But will she remember to follow all of Mom’s...
by Barb Langridge | Feb 12, 2011 | Action / Adventure
Flat Stanley is taking over the world, one city at a time! In this stupendous sixth installment in the renowned Flat Stanley’s Worldwide Adventures chapter book series, the Lambchops look for answers in Africa! When a flat skull is discovered in Africa, Stanley...
by Barb Langridge | Feb 12, 2011 | Fiction
Charming and witty, this novel is sure to please both male and female readers. Told in chapters by Dash (Levithan wrote Dash’s chapters) and Lily (written by Cohn), readers see both sides of a blooming friendship. Although Dash and Lily have only communicated...
by Barb Langridge | Feb 11, 2011 | Graphic Novel / Comics / Manga
In 1994 the tale of Robert “Yummy” Sandifer was headline news, when this small, 11-year-old member of Chicago’s Black Disciple gang shot and killed a neighborhood girl while trying to shoot a rival gang member. Yummy, so nicknamed because of his love of candy, went on...
by Barb Langridge | Feb 11, 2011 | Sports
Baseball is known as the “All-American game”, but its professional leagues haven’t always been open to all Americans who were great players. Hank Greenberg was a talented batter in the 1930s, helping the Detroit Tigers win the American League championship in 1934. As...
by Barb Langridge | Feb 11, 2011 | Fantasy
This is the final book in the Dragon Speaker trilogy.In the previous books, Jacob and his friend Orson learn that the last female dragon’s egg is being held by the tyrant Lord Manning and his evil wizard Kain. Jacob, who has the ability to mindspeak with birds and...
