by Barb Langridge | Feb 8, 2011 | Picture Book
We all know that pirates are very good at saying “RRRRR” but the captain of this pirate crew is not satisfied with just one letter. He roars his crew off in search of D’s, E’s, F’s and G’s. Happily the animal pirates go off in...
by Barb Langridge | Feb 8, 2011 | Picture Book
A rusty wok that’s missing a handle rolls into the life of the Zhang family in China one day and their young son, Ming, who has been sent to market, decides to trade his eggs for it. You see he hears the wok sing to him and he realizes it has magical powers. The...
by Barb Langridge | Feb 8, 2011 | Picture Book
Rabbit makes a home on a path that leads to the river and every day animal after animal passes by on their way to a drink of water. Then, one evening Rabbit comes home to find her door locked and she can’t get into her own house. Who is in there? How can she get...
by Barb Langridge | Feb 8, 2011 | Picture Book
Fall is coming and Honey Paw is sniffing and ambling through the mountains looking for a mate. Then, he appears. The Old Man of the Mountains, a huge imposing grizzly bear who becomes her mate and then leaves Honey Paw to seek her food and fatten herself up through...
by Barb Langridge | Feb 8, 2011 | Picture Book
Know a child who worries and asks “but what if?” Meet Duck who is happily arriving at Raccoon’s house to go on a picnic. But Raccoon has changed his mind about going. After all, he can think of so many things that might go wrong….what if...
by Barb Langridge | Feb 8, 2011 | Picture Book
Winner of the 1966 Caldecott Medal In rhyming verse delivered in full Scottish accent, Lachie MacLachlan and his wife bid every traveler welcome into their home where there is always room for one more. Amongst the heather and the gorse the house begins to bulge and...
by Barb Langridge | Feb 8, 2011 | Picture Book
One morning Baby Hippo wakes up and rushes out into the great big world forgetting to give his mother a kiss. As he explores the wilds of Africa, everywhere he goes he hears , “Kiss, kiss!” The elephants, the rhinos, the zebras, the lions, the apes and...
by Barb Langridge | Feb 8, 2011 | Picture Book
A young boy is just sitting down for a snack when someone knocks at the door. Who could it be? It’s an elephant who would like to join him and seeing there is room for one then there must be room for two and so it goes. This is a cumulative tale with animal...
by Barb Langridge | Feb 8, 2011 | Picture Book
The Ant Hill kids have their paint, their glue, their lace and their stars and they are all helping to make a big, beautiful Valentine. When they see the mailman outside the window, they decide to send their Valentine. How fun! But who will get this beautiful heart...
by Barb Langridge | Feb 8, 2011 | Picture Book
A little Teddy Bear wants to know…”What’s a kiss like?” His friend, the little boy, remembers all the different kinds of kisses he gets from the people who love him. There are the super soft ones and the cotton candy ones and the wet and sloppy...
