by Barb Langridge | Sep 4, 2010 | Picture Book
On a beautiful sunshiny day Tricia Ann gets all dressed up and asks her Mama Frances if she can to to Someplace Special today all by herself. Going means riding the bus all alone and finding her way to the public gardens on her own. Mama Frances tells her...
by Barb Langridge | Sep 4, 2010 | Picture Book
It’s Chinese New Year’s Day and Sam has received four beautiful red leisees each holding a whole dollar. He and his mother head down to Chinatown to shop for fruits and vegetables and to see the lion and be a part of the mysterious, magical, vibrant...
by Barb Langridge | Sep 4, 2010 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
Get ready to meet two charming young sisters who happen to be Chinese American twins. Their names are Ting and Ling and they might look very much alike but they are not exactly the same. Six short stories tell it all. During a haircut Ting cannot sit still so her...
by Barb Langridge | Sep 4, 2010 | Paranormal
Vampires lose sense of touch over time. Lenah, a 500-year old Vampire Queen, longs to be human again and to truly feel, after centuries of ruthless hunting and feeding, viciously cruel hunting and feeding. But the ritual for returning her humanity is hidden and...
by Barb Langridge | Sep 4, 2010 | Fantasy
Healed from near-death in a dragon’s cave as a child, Kara can now call down birds from the sky, even in the coldest days of northern winter. When the king’s men come to take her to his lodge – so she can call down dragons!? – her family must obey, so she leaves her...
by Barb Langridge | Sep 4, 2010 | Fantasy
Kaeldra is tall and blonde, nothing like the petite, dark-haired folk of her foster family. If the old tales are true, her green eyes mean she can speak with the long-vanished dragons… Rumbles in the mountains and suddenly missing sheep make people whisper that the...
by Barb Langridge | Sep 4, 2010 | Graphic Novel / Comics / Manga
Rich kid Tony Jay is a shoe-in to win the Silver Falls snowboarding tournament, but his biggest competition, Jack Hewlitt, can’t afford to enter. Tony may be spoiled, but he knows that victory means nothing if you don’t beat the best. So, he agrees to hold...
by Barb Langridge | Sep 3, 2010 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
Every life deserves a great adventure and Owen is about to have the opportunity of a lifetime despite the nagging voice of his grandfather’s caregiver, Earlene, who wants cleanliness and nutrition to come first. Owen and his parents have moved into his...
by Barb Langridge | Sep 3, 2010 | Chick Lit
Diana’s stepmom won’t let her try out for the school play, thinks that helping at the family’s drycleaning business after school is more important. Sure, Diana loved being at Cinderella Cleaners when she was little, but it just can’t compare to being in “Our Town,”...
by Barb Langridge | Sep 3, 2010 | Chick Lit
Starting her senior year in a new city, Camille kisses a cute boy just once, starting a painful chain of events as a cellphone photo of “The Kiss” gets back to his girlfriend, Becca. Camille journals her longing to be back with her boyfriend in Chicago (her dad’s job...
