by Barb Langridge | Nov 2, 2024 | Fantasy
Meet Isadora Moon’s mermaid friend, Emerald! Emerald is learning how to be a mermaid princess, but she doesn’t feel like one at all. Will she be able to appear with the King and Queen at the annual Ocean Parade, and still stay true to herself? Beautifully...
by Barb Langridge | Nov 2, 2024 | Mystery
Build a super-cyborg gadget glove and save the science museum with twin sleuths Nick and Tesla in this zany, action-packed adventure by Science Bob for readers ages 9 to 12. Just like their eccentric genius Uncle Newt, 11-year-old twins Nick and Tesla love science—and...
by Barb Langridge | Nov 2, 2024 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
In the seventh book in the Jasmine Toguchi series, Debbi Michiko Florence and illustrator Elizabet Vukovic take us on a family adventure in Kabo, Japan full of warmth, laughter, and summer fun. Japan is awesome but Jasmine is beginning to miss home and her best...
by Barb Langridge | Nov 2, 2024 | Graphic Novel / Comics / Manga
2024 Best Graphic Novels for Children (BGNC) Reading List Nominee Blue, Barry, and Pancakes are best friends! They love roller skates, inflatable rubber ducks, and going on HIGH VELOCITY adventures! After a series of wacky mishaps, Blue, Barry, and Pancakes find...
by Barb Langridge | Nov 2, 2024 | Graphic Novel / Comics / Manga
THE PURR-ADE OF YOKAI CATS CONTINUES! More yokai cats join our old friends! Meet one who grows nine tails as it ages and can disguise itself as other objects, another who feels great on days with thunderstorms (its body generates small amounts of electricity), and the...
by Barb Langridge | Nov 2, 2024 | Fantasy
When Emerald finds a precious teddy lying in a clump of seaweed, she’ s tempted to keep it for herself, but the tag says it belongs to a human called Lyla. Emerald asks her land-loving friend, Isadora Moon, to help her return it and together they embark on an exciting...
by Barb Langridge | Nov 2, 2024 | Action / Adventure
Bestselling author Dustin Brady uses his proven formula of short chapters, massive cliffhangers, and laugh-out-loud humor to turn young gamers into enthusiastic readers through his new series of standalone video game books. YouTube sensation Sir Hype is using...
by Barb Langridge | Nov 2, 2024 | Graphic Novel / Comics / Manga
Kristen Gudsnuk takes readers on a magical adventure about friendship in this fourth and final installment of her imaginative Making Friends series. No magic. No sketchbook. No friends. Again?! Dany’s magical sketchbook has steered most of her middle-school...
by Barb Langridge | Nov 1, 2024 | Non-Fiction
A poetic read-aloud introduction to space for readers aged 2-5 years that, when opened and folded back, creates a freestanding galactic globe, fastened by a magnetic closure. Children are invited to explore space for the first time through rhyming verse and exquisite...
by Barb Langridge | Nov 1, 2024 | Non-Fiction
Did you know that a piece of cloth from the Wright Brothers’ Flyer has traveled to the moon, and Mars? With NASA photos and playful illustrations throughout, here is an incredible slice of hidden history and an introduction to the science of air and space for...