by Barb Langridge | May 23, 2010 | Picture Book
Abe Lincoln is one of those historical figures who looms larger than life. We read and learn all about his wisdom and his leadership and his wit but when you think about this great man it’s a bit difficult to imagine him as a boy. Perhaps a seven year old boy?...
by Barb Langridge | May 20, 2010 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
“The Jungle is a 1906 novel written by the Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Upton Sinclair (1878–1968). Upton Sinclair wrote the novel to portray the changing lives of immigrants traveling to the United States and landing in Chicago or other industrialized...
by Barb Langridge | May 20, 2010 | Fantasy
Dimitri gave Rose the ultimate choice. But she chose wrong… After a long and heartbreaking journey to Dimitri’s birthplace in Siberia, Rose Hathaway has finally returned to St. Vladimir’s-and to her best friend, Lissa. It is nearly graduation, and...
by Barb Langridge | May 20, 2010 | Humor
A superhero adventure in Tedd Arnold’s bestselling FLY GUY series! The excitement is jam packed in Fly Guy’s newest episode which features a comic book within the story. Buzz and Fly Guy are superheroes! The dynamic duo must battle a fiery dragon and a...
by Barb Langridge | May 20, 2010 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
Miles Halter wants to create a different life for himself and he heads to the private boarding school his father attended, Culver Creek, in Alabama for his junior year of high school, leaving behind his lack of friends and failure to fit in. He goes in search of a...
by Barb Langridge | May 19, 2010 | Historical Fiction
Another powerful story in the Logan Family Saga and companion to Mildred D. Taylor’s Newbery Award-winning Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry. For David Logan, a time of distress means taking the higher road. During a drought, the Logan family shares their well water...
by Barb Langridge | May 18, 2010 | Fantasy
Everlost is Book One of The Skinjacker Trilogy. After a car accident kills them both, teenagers Allie and Nick wake up in Everlost, the land for kids who don’t quite “get to where they’re going” when they die. The first person they meet is a...
by Barb Langridge | May 18, 2010 | Fiction
Megan is being forced by her parents to spend the summer in the isolation of the Vermont woods with her artsy parents and older sister. With no cable TV, no cell phone, and no connection with her best friend, Lucy, Megan begins to pout and sabotage the whole...
by Barb Langridge | May 18, 2010 | Picture Book
We can change our world in lots of little ways by saving foil or turning off a light or two. How about you? We all know about Martians-they’re green right? Turns out that when Martians are born they aren’t green yet but as they get a little older they turn...
by Barb Langridge | May 18, 2010 | Humor
Hey kids, Flat Stanley is back!The Lambchop family is off on vacation to Mount Rushmore.Join Stanley and Arthur as they explore Mount Rushmore, and Custer State Park in search for gold with their new friend Calamity Jasper! The revival of Jeff Brown’s famous series...
