by Barb Langridge | Jul 20, 2010 | Non-Fiction
This book would be a wonderful read-aloud to hook younger students (ages 5, 6, 7) at the beginning of a unit about oceans and ocean life.It would also be useful with a unit on biographies with young independent readers.Readers follow the life of undersea explorer...
by Barb Langridge | Jul 20, 2010 | Suspense / Thriller / Horror
Jim and Sal have moved to Minerva Hall because their father is going to be the new groundskeeper there. Jim’s excited for the new beginning and glad for the change because after their mother’s death, their father was not the same unless he was gardening. Then,...
by Barb Langridge | Jul 20, 2010 | Fiction
A touching story of hope woven through a plot of human and animal abandonment, all in search of another to walk with them through life.A small, pampered pooch, Tango, is lost at sea, and separated from his Manhattan lifestyle. Barely alive, he is found on a beach and...
by Barb Langridge | Jul 20, 2010 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
After Marty Preston worked so hard to earn the dog Shiloh, he had hoped that his troubles with Judd Travers were over. He could not rescue all the dogs that Judd mistreated, but since shiloh was the one who ran away and came to him, Shiloh was the one he loved. Judd,...
by Barb Langridge | Jul 20, 2010 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
Marty Preston wonders why it is that despite Judd Traver’s attempts to redeem himself everyone is still so willing to think the worst of him. Marty’s friend David is sure that Judd will be named as the murderer of a man who has been missing. Others are...
by Barb Langridge | Jul 19, 2010 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
When the phone rings at Carter’s Urban Rescue, Keisha answers and tries to sound like a recording. She has big plans for going to the pool today and she doesn’t want anyone to change them. But, unfortunately, the voice on the other end of the line has...
by Barb Langridge | Jul 19, 2010 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
Mac Slater is about to fly. His friend, Paul, has their invention all cranked up and now Mac is hitting the ramp, the wing shooting up in the air like a rocket. He’s flying. Actually flying. Then, smash, he’s slammed into the ground. Kids run screaming. As...
by Barb Langridge | Jul 19, 2010 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
Nine-year-old Fiona Finkelstein comes from a family of drama in Ordinary, Maryland. Her dad is the Chief Meteorologist of the local tv station and her mom is out in California starring in a soap opera called “Hearts and Diamonds.” But when Fiona gets...
by Barb Langridge | Jul 19, 2010 | Non-Fiction
What’s a biome and what kind of biomes exist on our different continents? There are books out there that answer those questions but they don’t offer a tactile experience like this one. Each continent is constructed of different patterns that you can feel...
by Barb Langridge | Jul 19, 2010 | Picture Book
Over one hundred years ago on a cold February morning in the city of Baltimore, Maryland, winds were tossing caps and blowing women’s skirts. It was 1904 and in the firehouse a noble horse, Goliath, was standing in his stall. Goliath was a veteran fire horse who...
