by Barb Langridge | Jan 28, 2011 | Short Stories
This collection of poems, stories and one short play includes works by Tibetan Americans, Vietnamese Americans, Korean Americans, Japanese Americans and Thai Americans–known and unknown, young and old–who write about growing up, fitting in, and relating to...
by Barb Langridge | Jan 28, 2011 | Picture Book
Illustrated by the beloved creator of Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel, The Little House, and Katy and the Big Snow, here is a delightful version of the tale that boys and girls have loved for centuries. The Emperor himself, his court, and his clothes—or lack of...
by Barb Langridge | Jan 28, 2011 | Historical Fiction
When 10-year-old Allie learns that her family will be moving from a two-family home to their very own house, she’s hesitant until she finds out they will be living on a street with the magical name of Strawberry Hill. That changes everything! But strawberries...
by Barb Langridge | Jan 27, 2011 | Fantasy
In these days of war, Fire travels watchfully to her music students’ homes in the mountains. But Fire is a human-monster, capable of controlling minds, far more dangerous than any bandits. Raised by a foster family of humans, she has become a master archer, like her...
by Barb Langridge | Jan 27, 2011 | Action / Adventure
This book grabs you from the very beginning even though it begins in 14th century Timbuktu, Africa. A young man leaps to his death after having stolen gold bars from a mosque in Timbuktu and devising a magic square puzzle showing where he’s hidden the treasure. In the...
by Barb Langridge | Jan 27, 2011 | Action / Adventure
Toby has no memory of how he got into the dingo pen – wasn’t a practical joke by his friends, either. When the letter about “his condition” appears on his hospital bed during tests for epilepsy, his adoptive mom thinks it’s a prank. But when a scary-strong guy and the...
by Barb Langridge | Jan 27, 2011 | Non-Fiction
Swimming long distances, running footraces, riding race horses, and driving racecars are all sports that women compete in today, thanks to persistent, talented women who didn’t take “no, girls can’t do that” for an answer. In the 1920s, women were not expected to be...
by Barb Langridge | Jan 27, 2011 | Science Fiction
Frozen for the 300-year space journey to a new Earth with her scientist parents – what will it really be like, Amy wonders. Centuries pass on the spaceship Godspeed for the placid farmers on the Feeder level and stolid techs on the Shipper level, all 20 or 40 or 60...
by Barb Langridge | Jan 27, 2011 | Non-Fiction
An interactive, three-dimensional study of African-American history traces the history of slavery in the United States, from the agonizing journey from Africa to America, through the experiences of slaves, to the final emancipation. 30,000 first printing.–from...
by Barb Langridge | Jan 27, 2011 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
What do Indian shoes look like, anyway? Like beautiful beaded moccasins…or hightops with bright orange shoelaces? Ray Halfmoon prefers hightops, but he gladly trades them for a nice pair of moccasins for his Grampa. After all, it’s Grampa Halfmoon...
