by Barb Langridge | Sep 27, 2010 | Historical Fiction
“Dear Judith, I’m coming home,”is the beginning of William Shakespeare: His Life and Times. In this letter to his daughter Judith, he apologizes for being away so long. The authors take the reader on a visual journey throughout his life and career.This work of art and...
by Barb Langridge | Sep 27, 2010 | Fantasy
This third book in the Nathaniel Fludd, Beastologist series is a worthy addition, continuing the story of 10-year old Nathaniel as he attempts to master the family profession of beastologist, people who study and preserve animals believed to be mythological or...
by Barb Langridge | Sep 27, 2010 | Historical Fiction
Louis Nolette, a 15-year-old Abenaki, and his widowed mother have migrated from Canada to New York State. As the Civil War takes its toll on soldiers from both sides of the conflict, a recruiter encourages Louis (despite his age) to join the 69th Brigade, an Irish...
by Barb Langridge | Sep 26, 2010 | Fiction
Annie is a little girl with a very special big brother. Whether it’s helping her decide what she wants to be when she grows up, dealing with a first bee sting, searching for loons on a canoe trip, or going to the park at night to see falling stars, Simon knows...
by Barb Langridge | Sep 26, 2010 | Non-Fiction
Dr. Seuss’ famous Cat, with a little help from Thing One an Thing Two, take Sally and Dick on a tour of a pond to introduce them to the wide variety of plants and animals found there.Catchy rhyming text provides easily-understood information: “A frog lays...
by Barb Langridge | Sep 25, 2010 | Fiction
Eight-year-old Susana is lonely, ever since she and her best friend Consuelo Louisa had a fight, then Consuelo Louisa moved away. She isn’t even sure her former buddy wants to remember her. But Susana is also brave and energetic and has too many things to do to...
by Barb Langridge | Sep 25, 2010 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
Nine-year-old Ida May is happy: at last, she has a Best Friend, Stacey. If only Jenna, that girl in her class, would stop being so bossy, and her parents would let her get her ears pierced, things would really be perfect.There doesn’t seem to be much Ida can do...
by Barb Langridge | Sep 25, 2010 | Non-Fiction
Forty years before the boy was born, a horde of bloodthirsty barbarians thundered out of the west and conquered his native land. They had succeeded because his people, ever at war with one another, had not fought together to defend their cities. In time the boy was...
by Barb Langridge | Sep 25, 2010 | Non-Fiction
Discovered in the attic in which she spent the last years of her life, Anne Frank’s remarkable diary has since become a world classic—a powerful reminder of the horrors of war and an eloquent testament to the human spirit. In 1942, with Nazis occupying Holland, a...
by Barb Langridge | Sep 24, 2010 | Humor
What a “novel” idea for a Young Adult novel! In one of the freshest and funniest books of the year, Devorah (Devi) Banks has a real chance to change her past and her future! After dropping her cell phone in the mall fountain, Devi finds it only calls one...
