by Barb Langridge | Jun 11, 2010 | Historical Fiction
It’s 1962 in Jackson, Mississippi and fourteen-year-old Sam is about to find herself in the middle of America’s Civil Rights movement. Sam’s father was killed in Vietnam and now it’s just Sam and her mother, who is on the faculty of an...
by Barb Langridge | Jun 11, 2010 | Non-Fiction
Isn’t that a great title? A bugsicle? What’s a bugsicle? Conjures up some interesting images, doesn’t it? So, let’s imagine for a moment it’s one of the those warm fall days and you’re out for a glorious walk and you start seeing...
by Barb Langridge | Jun 11, 2010 | Picture Book
I have to say this book won my heart from the cover because I feel such a sense of wonder when I watch beavers paddle silently through the stream in my local park and I always search for them when I’m on my evening walks. So, when I saw this beaver afloat on...
by Barb Langridge | Jun 11, 2010 | Picture Book
Oh, how fun! Enter a world of very cheerful fish swimming in a clear, blue tropical ocean. Every day Sea Slug lies on the ocean floor and watches the fish swim by. His version of people watching I’m sure. He’s seen it all until the day Barry swims by....
by Barb Langridge | Jun 11, 2010 | Non-Fiction
Can’t get to the zoo today? That’s okay, the zoo is coming to you! Photographer Steve Grubman with the help of Jill Davis has photographed a collection of children’s favorite animals and brought us up close and personal with everyone of them. The...
by Barb Langridge | Jun 11, 2010 | Picture Book
So, what exactly does it mean to be a princess or for that matter to be a girl these days? Have we stretched the boundaries enough for our youngest “princesses-to-be” so they can imagine themselves as capable and competent and more than the sparkly (though...
by Barb Langridge | Jun 10, 2010 | Picture Book
Kindergarten is a magical, wonderful place and Ginny loves it there. She loves Reading Circle and listening to the Big Book and most of all, she loves reading a book of her own. She likes to cut with scissors and play outside. But Ginny sees the world in her own...
by Barb Langridge | Jun 10, 2010 | Picture Book
It’s spring and birds are doing what comes naturally-they are building nests! Now we all know they don’t always pick the best spot for that nest. Sometimes the nest is just sitting in the wrong place and that’s what happens at Perch Elementary School...
by Barb Langridge | Jun 10, 2010 | Picture Book
Goodnight Gorilla took us all to the world of the zoo by night as the zookeeper is trailed home by a parade of happy escape artist animals. But, by day the zoo is a totally zany place as witnessed by Lori Degman’s 1 Zany Zoo. A little boy tired of standing on...
by Barb Langridge | Jun 10, 2010 | Picture Book
Old Arthur Geisert had a farm, e-i-e-i-o. Only in this case it’s A, B, C, D, E, F G and well, you know the how the song goes. But, you haven’t seen a farm book like this before. It grabs you. What is it like to live on a farm today? Arthur Geisert takes us...
