by Barb Langridge | Nov 11, 2010 | Fiction
On a beautiful moonlit night, two mice are settling into their comfy match boxes for a good night’s sleep but one of the mice, Jack, can’t sleep. He wants to go for a picnic…on the moon. A resourceful fellow, Jack whips together a rocketship and they...
by Barb Langridge | Nov 11, 2010 | Fiction
This early reader is written for two readers, the proficient one who takes the hard stuff and the beginner who gets the easier part. Sal the bear really, really wants to sing with the Grizzlies band. She can really shake a mean leg but when it comes to singing, well,...
by Barb Langridge | Nov 11, 2010 | Fiction
What would we do without polka dot underwear in children’s literature? Meet the gold knight and the silver knight who are taking the field for a jousting contest. The gold knight falls off his horse and loses his armor thereby revealing to all and sundry his red...
by Barb Langridge | Nov 11, 2010 | Fiction
On a cold, dark and windy night there comes a tap at the door. Who could it be? Ah, it’s Pirate Pat and he has a treasure map with him. This beginning reader is designed for two voices, the beginner and a proficient reader. Where many early readers tell the...
by Barb Langridge | Nov 11, 2010 | Fiction
This book is designed for two readers. The smaller text is for the more proficient reader and the larger text is for the beginner. A cow named Lil has dreams of driving a fast, red car and suddenly she is on the road racing over hill and dale, through towns and then,...
by Barb Langridge | Nov 11, 2010 | Non-Fiction
What would it have been like to be stalking a sabre-tooth — on the move with a mastodon or lurking behind a lidoptern? This book, in field guide format, answers these questions by introducing young readers to twelve great beasts of the Ice Age and how explorers...
by Barb Langridge | Nov 11, 2010 | Fiction
Everywhere this rabbit goes he meets new “friendly” animals who have big plans for him…that involve pie crust. Six crocs, tigers, vultures, snakes and sharks are all inviting him to join them. Luckily, the rabbit has little friends who are watching...
by Barb Langridge | Nov 10, 2010 | Poetry
In this unique approach to poetry for the reluctant, the author does a wonderful job of pairing haiku’s 17-syllable form with contemporary vocabulary. The result is sure to tickle any male (or female) reader, poetry lover or not. Reynolds’ jaunty, playful...
by Joanne | Nov 10, 2010 | Historical Fiction
When the entire family goes into the hills to collect pinola nuts, Josefina hopes to find the most in order to make Tia Dolores proud of her, but it takes the help of a squirrel for Josefina to get her reward. – from the publisher 39 pages ISBN-13:978-1562477639 ...
by Barb Langridge | Nov 10, 2010 | Non-Fiction
A renewed interest in mythology, courtesy of the Percy Jackson” series, will draw readers to these six tales of popular mythological characters. The small format and short chapters allow for either a brief sampling or an entire feast of the well-written and accessible...
