by Barb Langridge | Nov 30, 2010 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
Eleven-year-old Tyler Paquette’s family is facing a dilemma. Tyler’s father was seriously injured when the tractor he was riding overturned, pinning him underneath; in fact, if Tyler had not been there to call 911, he might not have survived. As it is, he is unable to...
by Barb Langridge | Nov 30, 2010 | Picture Book
Mandy Sue is a member of a large, loving farm family. As a reward, each child is given a day off from chores and lessons, and it’s Mandy Sue’s turn today. As she awakens to the feel of the breeze coming in through her window and the sound of crows in the field, she...
by Barb Langridge | Nov 30, 2010 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
Fourth grader Jake Drake knows all about the pitfalls of being the teacher’s pet. Last spring he was watching his teacher struggle with using her computer so he showed her where to click so she could open her program and boy, what a mistake that was. She started...
by Barb Langridge | Nov 30, 2010 | Graphic Novel / Comics / Manga
Artie King and his friends Wayne and Percy attend Camelot Middle School. When they accidentally break the window of mean principal Mrs. Dagger’s new car, they have to come up with some way to pay for it. The school’s annual Dragon Day robot jousting...
by Barb Langridge | Nov 30, 2010 | Action / Adventure
Tim Drake, middle-schooler, has just completed training to become Batman’s sidekick, the new Robin. But before he can join the Dark Knight, he has to pass one last test.Can Tim track down the Caped Crusader himself, hiding somewhere in Gotham City, before time...
by Barb Langridge | Nov 30, 2010 | Non-Fiction
History makes so much more sense when you can see it all laid out on a map. This wonderful atlas traces the history of man and womankind from 10,000 B.C. to the present and it includes ancient India, ancient China, ancient Australia in addition to Europe and North...
by Barb Langridge | Nov 30, 2010 | Non-Fiction
2009 Winner of the Geisel Honor Award A silent drama is about to play out before your very eyes. It’s spring and a wolfsnail is waking up and emerging from its shell. Time to find something to eat. Slowly, very slowly, using its foot, the wolfsnail makes its way...
by Barb Langridge | Nov 29, 2010 | Graphic Novel / Comics / Manga
Emmi, Jay, Ryker, and Hazmat are four high school students who have each developed unique abilities (martial arts, gadgetry, computers, and forensics). Together they have formed Recon Academy, a high-tech secret security force. When the U.S. Navy plans to launch a new...
by Barb Langridge | Nov 29, 2010 | Graphic Novel / Comics / Manga
2009 Geisel Honor Award Stinky wakes up and gets ready to start his day. First a toothbrush with Crust toothpaste and then a good morning greeting to all the pals who live in his house with him. We’re talking about the rats and the bats and the pickled onions....
by Barb Langridge | Nov 29, 2010 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
Kiku, Jose, Andrew, Michael, Fuschia and Little Bill have gotten together in the park to play a game of stick can hockey. They make up the rules and then everyone has to go find a can and a stick. Digging around in the trash in the park, Little BIll makes a great...
