by Barb Langridge | Sep 10, 2010 | Non-Fiction
“Chiru are the only animals of their kind” opens this stirring picture book set on the Chang Tang plains in Tibet. These little animals who look a bit like antelope stand about as high as “a baseball bat”. Their wool is so soft and so warm that...
by Barb Langridge | Sep 9, 2010 | Science Fiction
Just how much has Katniss Everdeen lost since she first entered the Hunger Games? As the book opens, Katniss is being allowed a short tour of District 12 and is struggling with her future. Should she choose to become the Mockingjay? What has happened to Peeta? Is he...
by Barb Langridge | Sep 9, 2010 | Historical Fiction
“Based on true events! It’s the summer of 1916 and the Jersey shore is being terrorized by a Great White shark. Can 10-year-old Chet and his friends survive a swim in the local creek? In the summer of 1916, ten year-old Chet Roscow is captivated by the...
by Barb Langridge | Sep 9, 2010 | Humor
All the animals in the zoo have someone to care for and to love, except Quackenstein. Feeling quite sad about this he takes a stroll through the zoo. He comes upon a nest of eggs that are up for adoption. Quackenstein quickly chooses an egg to adopt. “This will fill...
by Barb Langridge | Sep 8, 2010 | Non-Fiction
A young eaglet gathered from a nest by a Native American named Chief Sky, was sent to fight for the Union forces in the American Civil War. Nicknamed Old Abe, the eagle was the mascot of a troop from Wisconsin. He proved himself to be very able in battle and no man...
by Barb Langridge | Sep 8, 2010 | Picture Book
Oooooohhhhh, do you know someone who loves to be scared? This is an eerie, spooky story of a young boy in his Halloween costume out alone walking home. As he walks he sees frightening skeletons and feels his foot kick against what must be someone’s head. The...
by Barb Langridge | Sep 8, 2010 | Non-Fiction
In 2005 photographer Peter Lourie and scientist, Dr. Paul Shepson headed to the Arctic to explore first hand the effects of global warming. They chose a region in the Arctic that is home to the Inupiaq people otherwise known as Eskimos. For three thousand years...
by Barb Langridge | Sep 8, 2010 | Action / Adventure
For English teen Jack, a year in samurai school in 1620s Japan has taught him much, but not yet enough to defend himself against classmates who consider it disgraceful that a ‘gaijin’ foreigner learns the samurai ways. No matter that his adoptive father founded the...
by Barb Langridge | Sep 8, 2010 | Chick Lit
Working all summer with her boyfriend seemed like such a good idea when Polly applied as a lifeguard at Wild Waves Waterpark. But then Sawyer broke up with her, and Polly swore off boys, including all the other exes she dated during junior year. The bills at home are...
by Barb Langridge | Sep 8, 2010 | Action / Adventure
Getting grounded for saving all the children of the world is definitely making 8th grade awful for Charlotte, and having to share the kitten, Mew, with her cousin Zee, who has moved across town, is making it worse. The therapist doesn’t even believe her when she tells...
