by Barb Langridge | Jul 24, 2010 | Humor
Limpy the cane toad is on a whole new mission. He has learned that the relatives over in the Amazon region have found a way to make peace with humans. These are the same humans that Limpy is convinced only wish cane toads a quick demise. So, Limpy and his sister hop a...
by Barb Langridge | Jul 24, 2010 | Humor
Limpy, the cane toad, has a whole new quest in this hilarious sequel to Toad Rage. This time Limpy is going in search of a place where his family can live without fear of being driven over or attacked by environmentalists and the rest of the human species all of whom...
by Barb Langridge | Jul 24, 2010 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
Twelve-year-old Rukmani will follow the tradition of her culture and will marry a man she has never met. As time passes their connection deepens and their relationship grows and they find love. Their family grows with sons and a daughter. Then the evenness of this...
by Barb Langridge | Jul 24, 2010 | Humor
Ahhh…summertime and the living is easy! Well, that’s the game plan for Fred and Anthony who have figured their summer out and are planning on making it one long horror movie marathon with some Chex Mix and Pez candy on the side. Big surprise! The plans go...
by Barb Langridge | Jul 24, 2010 | Poetry
It’s 1963 and the Civil Rights movement has begun. A hopeful voice waits excitedly on her tenth birthday for her special moment. She’s going to sing a solo at church that day. It’s a day for white gloves with embroidered flowers and white patent...
by Barb Langridge | Jul 24, 2010 | Picture Book
When Harriet Tubman’s master decided to sell her down south, she made up her mind to escape and find freedom. Born a slave, she had been working since the age of seven. She had never been willing to accept the conditions of her life and now she was going to run....
by Barb Langridge | Jul 24, 2010 | Picture Book
“Want a friend in Washington? Get a dog,” is the opening quote of this warm picture book. Harry S. Truman speaking. Many U.S. presidents have had dogs from the foxhounds of George Washington to the Scottish Terriers of George W. Bush. When the Obama family...
by Barb Langridge | Jul 24, 2010 | Historical Fiction
“Red Necklace” by Sally Gardner is about an aristocratic girl named Sido and a young magician named Yann. The book is set in France right before the French Revolution. The year is 1789 and we find our characters Sido and Yann leading two very different...
by Barb Langridge | Jul 24, 2010 | Fantasy
Halt, Will and Horace are on the trail of the false prophet Tennyson. After murdering Halt’s twin brother, King Ferris of Clonmel, Tennyson escaped and has led the trio on a vast journey across waters and east toward Araleun. His hope, it seems, is to pick up...
by Barb Langridge | Jul 24, 2010 | Fiction
This third installment in the Heck series finds Milton Fauster hidden among the PODs, (Phantoms of the Dispossessed), those souls who don’t fit into any of the Powers that Be Good or Evil’s realms. The PODs wander the circles of Heck for eternity and, at...
