by Barb Langridge | Dec 5, 2010 | Historical Fiction
Have you ever wanted to go swimming on a really hot day? 11-year-old Georgie wants to go swimming and to the movie during the hot Indiana summer, but she can’t. Public places are closed to help prevent the spread of Polio. To make matters worse, her family has moved...
by Barb Langridge | Dec 4, 2010 | Fiction
Emma finds herself out on a limb – literally! All fall, winter, and spring, she has dreamed of returning to her family’s summer home on the lake and to her special tree. When she finally is able to climb into the tree’s welcoming branches, her reunion is interrupted...
by Barb Langridge | Dec 4, 2010 | Fiction
Don’t miss this fun tween vampire series, featuring regular girl Olivia and goth girl Ivy! Ivy and Olivia can’t lose each other again! Even though twin sisters Ivy and Olivia, separated at birth, have only been reunited for a few months, they can’t...
by Barb Langridge | Dec 4, 2010 | Graphic Novel / Comics / Manga
The ranch wasn’t fun, huh? But maybe festivals will be less funner?! (Yotsuba’s playing opposites, ha-ha!) Yotsuba got uninvited to Fuuka’s school for a culr…a clart…a cultural festival! And she didn’t promise Yotsuba there...
by Barb Langridge | Dec 4, 2010 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
Continuously in print for nearly two decades, this groundbreaking and profoundly moving story told in verse, from award-winning author Sonya Sones, has been repackaged with a striking new cover and bonus content. When her beloved older sister is hospitalized after a...
by Barb Langridge | Dec 4, 2010 | Graphic Novel / Comics / Manga
Mooooo…! MOOOO…! Cows are neato! It’s fun pretending to be a cow! And milk comes from cows, so I bet they’re real nice too. ‘Cos milk is super-yummy, right?! Yotsuba thinks so! And milk comes in lotsa flavors, so cows must come in...
by Barb Langridge | Dec 4, 2010 | Picture Book
One day Little Mouse got out his supplies and made a great, big, really huge valentine. Then he went looking for someone to give it to. But squirrel didn’t want it, mole didn’t want it and woodchuck already had a valentine. Little Mouse walked and sailed...
by Barb Langridge | Dec 4, 2010 | Picture Book
One day Mouse follows her big sister, Minka, around the house as she gathers together some very interesting things. First Minka finds something rosy red and then she hunted for some lace, some ribbon and finally some paste. She folded the paper and she fiddled with...
by Barb Langridge | Dec 4, 2010 | Picture Book
Bears sleep through the winter in their caves and never, ever get to celebrate Valentine’s Day but this year Mrs. Bear decides to set her alarm for February 14. When the alarm goes off, she kisses Mr. Bear on his nose and gets to work while he sleeps soundly in...
by Barb Langridge | Dec 4, 2010 | Historical Fiction
When the dust storms roar through Jake and Maggy’s farm again and again, the crops stop growing and the family has to sell all their possessions and head west to California. When the men come to auction off their belongings, Mama hides her radio so they’ll...
