by Joanne | Mar 28, 2010 | Picture Book
When little Molly plays with her big brother’s red, yellow and blue toy cars, you know there’s bound to be trouble…unless she can put them back in just the right order before he returns! Recognizing and being able to extend patterns leads to the...
by Joanne | Mar 28, 2010 | Picture Book
When six monsters get together to play musical chairs, you’d better watch out! “Stomp, stomp, SNORT. Shake, shimmy, SHOUT! When the music stops, one monster is OUT!,” sings the leader of the monster band. One by one the players are tagged out until...
by Barb Langridge | Mar 28, 2010 | Science Fiction
The story opens up with Ortega getting ready for his first day of school ever. The reader is immediately thrust into the worries and thoughts of a normal 11 year old boy facing new students, new school, and a new situation. Yet this was not an ordinary 11 year old...
by Barb Langridge | Mar 28, 2010 | Science Fiction
Snyder’s first foray into the young adult market is a satisfying read from start to finish. Trella is a scrub, one of the nameless, faceless masses who perform the endless jobs required to keep Inside running smoothly for the privileged uppers. When her friend...
by Barb Langridge | Mar 28, 2010 | Picture Book
Ever wondered what it would have been like to pack the family up lock, stock and barrel and head west in a covered wagon? With all the family possessions loaded into their prairie schooner, Pa, Ma, Lily, Baby,nad Bu Karl Isaac are looking for land, a home and some...
by Barb Langridge | Mar 28, 2010 | Picture Book
A beautiful oak tree has become part of Alice’s family. They love to lie out under the shade of its great branches and tell stories, take naps and host family picnics. Then, one day, Alice notices that the something is different. The grass that is growing...
by Barb Langridge | Mar 28, 2010 | Picture Book
“With direct language and colorful paintings, Debby Atwell relates the changes that occur through the centuries along a riverbank, from the arrival of the first humans to the coming of the first settlers, from the industrial revolution to the present day. As the...
by Barb Langridge | Mar 28, 2010 | Picture Book
“The Pollutians invade the Wump World and turn the green meadows into a concrete jungle. Annotation The Wump World is an unspoiled place until huge monsters bring hordes of tiny creatures from the planet Pollutus. Editorial Reviews: The Wumps lead a bucolic life...
by Barb Langridge | Mar 28, 2010 | Picture Book
Everything looks better with a pair of polka dot boots! No matter what outfit you’re putting on whether it’s your big shirt or your small shirt, your hot hat or your cold hat, your ugly pants or your city pants, they will all look better with some really...
by Barb Langridge | Mar 28, 2010 | Picture Book
What are you going to be when you grow up? Hopes and dreams. That’s what this book is all about. Who will you be? There are so many wonderful and wondrous possibilities to choose between. Will you hop barefoot through life or comfort your little sister? Will you...
