by Barb Langridge | Jul 25, 2010 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
“Middle school stunk big time. I mean stink up the toilet kind of stunk….you know, where you’re picked on everyday because you’re the fat kid.” You’re reading an entry in JImmy’s journal. He has just turned 15 and he and his...
by Barb Langridge | Jul 25, 2010 | Fiction
He’d known for years that on his thirteenth birthday “a mysterious ancestral force would hit like lightning” giving him his “own off-the-wall talent.” Ledger Kale is hoping his special talent, his savvy, will make him the fastest kid on...
by Barb Langridge | Jul 25, 2010 | Humor
Princess Patricia Priscilla is bored, bored, bored. In a few days, she’s going to turn 16 and she will be faced with having to choose a husband at The Birthday Ball. She decides to escape from the castle dresses as a peasant and makes her way to the school where...
by Barb Langridge | Jul 25, 2010 | Action / Adventure
“People will say things around children that they wouldn’t say around adults.” Wynncliff Academy is in the business of taking advantage of that simple truth. Steel, with a mind like a steel trap, and Kaileigh, with a gift for impersonation, are just...
by Barb Langridge | Jul 25, 2010 | Science Fiction
“If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. If you want them to be more intelligent, read them more fairy tales.” This quote from Albert Einstein leads us straight into the fairy tale world imagined, created and designed by Tony...
by Barb Langridge | Jul 25, 2010 | Action / Adventure
When the silver pup is born, he has a slight splay to his right front paw. His mother looked closer and saw “the dim tracery of a spiral like a swirled star on its footpad.” But the played paw is a sign of infirmity and according to wolf custom, this pup...
by Barb Langridge | Jul 25, 2010 | Fiction
Isabelle is sitting in class at Eliot P. Hangdale Middle School listening to a buzz. She isn’t sure what it is but she knows it isn’t the school. It seems to come more from the students. “Isabelle Bean, I’ve asked you a questions! What is your...
by Barb Langridge | Jul 25, 2010 | Non-Fiction
They say that cats have nine lives but this little dog who came to live with Anna and Steve Tolan in Zambia had a few extra lives of his own. The Tolans had been police officers together in England and after Steve suffered extensive injuries in a bad car accident,...
by Barb Langridge | Jul 25, 2010 | Picture Book
Every parent, caregiver—and toddler—knows the misery that comes with meltdowns and temper tantrums. Through rhythmic text and warm illustrations, this gentle, reassuring book offers toddlers simple tools to release strong feelings, express them, and calm themselves...
by Barb Langridge | Jul 24, 2010 | Action / Adventure
Superhero Melvin Beederman is off to Las Vegas for what else but the Superhero Convention. While he’s away meeting other superheroes, he’s leaving his able comrade Candace in charge of Los Angeles. Can she handle it all by herself? Does she have the right...
