by Barb Langridge | Aug 26, 2010 | Picture Book
A mother cuddles a baby as she stands in front of the window looking out at the trees, birds, and flowers. Turn the page and though this is a wordless picture book, it speaks loudly. Slowly as the years pass and the baby turns into a boy and then a man, the view out...
by Barb Langridge | Aug 26, 2010 | Fantasy
What kind of cows belch a six foot flame and fly? A book sent by Uncle Gideon has Tyler and Lucinda wondering what kind of farm they are visiting this summer. Spending the summer on a farm is not what Tyler and Lucinda had planed but an invitation from their Uncle...
by Barb Langridge | Aug 26, 2010 | Fantasy
Fifteen year old Dancia has a secret she has tried to hide since she was six. Will she be able to keep that secret as she begins her freshman year at the exclusive Delcroix Academy? Dancia is attending the academy as a scholarship student only because her Grandmother...
by Barb Langridge | Aug 26, 2010 | Picture Book
In the land of the flowering wattle, the wallaby grass and the echidna, there once was a great frog. He was the greatest frog in Australia. Now this frog was very thirsty. He was so thirsty that he drank all the water out of the billabongs, out of the clouds, out of...
by Barb Langridge | Aug 26, 2010 | Picture Book
Little Joey is tired of being in Momma Kangaroo’s pouch. He wants to play but it’s a hot day and she just wants to lie down for a little snooze. While she snores away, Joey goes looking for games to play. In this rhyming, richly illustrated story, Joey...
by Barb Langridge | Aug 26, 2010 | Historical Fiction
Tallulah, Louisiana in 1899 was a time of racial strife. Black and white where segregated and the Sicilians belonged to neither group. Brought to Louisiana to work in the cotton fields, the Sicilians left the plantations to build their own businesses, purchase land...
by Barb Langridge | Aug 25, 2010 | Picture Book
Have you dreamed of going to the land down under and wondered what you would see if you journeyed deep into the countryside? Wonder no more. Ted and Betsy Lewin have a fabulous series of adventure/travel books and this trip took them from Kakadu National Park in the...
by Barb Langridge | Aug 25, 2010 | Non-Fiction
What is a hoax? How can you spot a hoax? Have you ever heard of Roswell, New Mexico? What really happened there? How about Bigfoot? Is he real? This is a great collection of hoaxes that have been perpetrated on the public in the past and it goes into detail about how...
by Barb Langridge | Aug 25, 2010 | Non-Fiction
Annie Sullivan-when she died-newspapers around the world carried the story. But, who was this woman who gave hope and a voice to Helen Keller? Annie was an Irish American who struggled with her own vision loss. Her mother died early in her life and her father...
by Barb Langridge | Aug 25, 2010 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
It was really all Grandma’s fault. She sent the Royal Book of Ballet to Ivy. Ivy and Bean sat down to read it and found out all about Giselle and the Wilis. Being a Wili and maybe getting to kick a guy in the face looked like fun so they decided to sign up for...
