by Barb Langridge | Jan 15, 2011 | Picture Book
It’s Broadcast Day in Ms. Frizzle’s class. Ralphie promised everyone he’d figure out what kind of show they should put on. But, Ralphie is sick and can’t come to school. So, everyone climbs aboard the Magic School Bus, because if Ralphie...
by Barb Langridge | Jan 15, 2011 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
Vera just wants to get through high school without being noticed. She goes to school, she does her homework, and she works at her pizza delivery job. She’s the responsible daughter her father wants—the kind of person her mother wasn’t. But now she’s being haunted by...
by Barb Langridge | Jan 15, 2011 | Action / Adventure
Roland Wright sets off for Twofold Castle in this second novel, eager to impress as a brand new page. Unfortunately, he comes up against many obstacles, mainly his own pet mouse Nudge and an older page named Hector. Hector is determined to get Roland in as much...
by Barb Langridge | Jan 15, 2011 | Chick Lit
Three junior high BFFs with different dreams – fashion designer, diplomat, actress – move through life and London with only minor panic. But their classmate Crow, a refugee from Uganda, struggles in school, doodling fashion designs and praying that the teacher doesn’t...
by Barb Langridge | Jan 14, 2011 | Picture Book
You may think you already know this story about a beautiful servant girl, a cruel stepmother, a magnificent ball, and a lost slipper. But you’ve never heard it for true. Now you can hear the tale from someone who was there: a poor washerwoman from the island of...
by Barb Langridge | Jan 14, 2011 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
Eric is the new kid in seventh grade. Griffin wants to be his friend. When you’re new in town, it’s hard to know who to hang out with―and who to avoid. Griffin seems cool, confident, and popular. But something isn’t right about Griffin. He always...
by Barb Langridge | Jan 14, 2011 | Picture Book
When Billy Monster was born, his father said, “My son is going to grow up to be the Worst Monster in the World.” However, Billy’s sister Hazel proved that she was the Worst Monster in a way that older siblings can cheer. “A monstrously...
by Barb Langridge | Jan 14, 2011 | Historical Fiction
An award-winning author presents a colorful portrait of a Russian immigrant girl and her Jewish family, who begin new lives on the Lower East Side of New York City at the turn of the century.—from the publisher 192 pages ...
by Barb Langridge | Jan 14, 2011 | Picture Book
A stonecutter wants to be everything he is not and has to learn the hard way that what he really wants to be is exactly who he is.—from the publisher 32 pages 978-0517598641 Ages 4-9 Keywords: folktale,...
by Barb Langridge | Jan 14, 2011 | Action / Adventure
As a boy, to-the-hacienda-born Diego de La Vega, son of the Alcalde of Los Angeles in early 19th century Spanish California, was injured and saved by a fox. His Native American grandmother foreshadowed his future: ‘ “That zorro is your totemic animal, your...
