by Barb Langridge | Nov 8, 2010 | Fiction
Arthur versus his little sister Violet-Round Nine. This is the ninth book in the Arthur series by Lillian Hoban and we find the two chimp siblings out in the front yard on a hot summer’s day. Violet has just found a bug in the grass which Arthur pooh poohs as...
by Barb Langridge | Nov 8, 2010 | Sports
It’s not whether you win or lose, it’s how you play the game. Grantland Rice If winning isn’t everything, why do they keep score? Vince Lombardi Yes, for college sports, most would say the above “Rice” quote is outdated but what about...
by Barb Langridge | Nov 8, 2010 | Non-Fiction
Personal “war” memoirs, diaries, and journals have a rich and powerful literary tradition dating from Herodotus. Every war has its chroniclers from Caesar’s Gaullic Wars, Tennyson’s “Charge Of The Light Brigade”, Sassoon’s...
by Barb Langridge | Nov 8, 2010 | Fiction
Arthur, the chimp, and his little sister, Violet are home with their babysitter one Saturday night. Violet is playing with her doll and announces she is going to be a doctor when she grows up. Arthur announces he is going to be Captain Fearless when he grows up...
by Barb Langridge | Nov 8, 2010 | Fiction
It’s moving day and Freddy is watching all the family possessions come parading off the van and into the new house. Out in the yard he looks around and wonders who will be his friend? Walking down the street he meets the policeman, the mailman and the street...
by Barb Langridge | Nov 8, 2010 | Fiction
If you have a young reader who loves to know how things work, this is a great easy reader series for you. Marion Dane Bauer has written boois about Rain, Wind, Clouds and here is the book about Snow. So, what exactly is snow and where does it come from? Why are some...
by Barb Langridge | Nov 8, 2010 | Fiction
Henry’s mother wants fresh eggs, fresh corn and fresh blueberries. Yum and yum yum and yum yum yummy! That can only mean one thing and that’s a trip out to the country. The family, including Mudge, of course, piles in the car and heads to the...
by Barb Langridge | Nov 8, 2010 | Fiction
Before Mudge could star in the Henry and Mudge books, he was a puppy…a big puppy. In this early reader Mudge makes friends with Fluffy the cat and the two of them chase and hide and climb…well Fluffy climbs and Mudge waits. After all the hi jinks and...
by Barb Langridge | Nov 8, 2010 | Fiction
It’s time for a family reunion and Mom, Dad, Anna and Ed are hopping into the car. When they arrive, all of the Eds are there. There’s Big Ed, Little Ed, Red Ed, Well-Fed Ed, and well, you get the idea. But, everyone has a nickname except Ed. So, Ed tries...
by Barb Langridge | Nov 8, 2010 | Science Fiction
Time: 1956. Place: Vern Hollow, New York. Jack Creedle, former juvenile delinquent and mechanical whiz kid in his Uncle Bud’s garage, lives in a sleepy town. While delivering newspapers one morning, Jack hears a strange sound and sees a green star in the sky that...
