by Barb Langridge | Mar 18, 2010 | Picture Book
“Unless I can sleep with my parents,” says Jake, “I won’t close my eyes and I won’t go to bed.” What’s a parent going to do? Jakes parents try to hold their line but night after night they are losing sleep. Finally they tell...
by Barb Langridge | Mar 18, 2010 | Non-Fiction
Sacagawea was only sixteen when she made one of the most remarkable journeys in American history, traveling 4500 miles by foot, canoe, and horse-all while carrying a baby on her back! Without her, the Lewis and Clark expedition might have failed. Through this engaging...
by Barb Langridge | Mar 17, 2010 | Picture Book
Lola Gale has lost her marbles. Literally. Nick Trunk, private investigator, has been hired to find them. He’s a very good detective, but this case is a tough nut to crack. The only clues are an ostrich feather and lots of peanut butter—delicious peanut butter. Will...
by Joanne | Mar 17, 2010 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
The “Martin Bridge” series continues.
by Joanne | Mar 17, 2010 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
Eight-year-old Martin Bridge returns for more slice-of-life adventures in the fifth book in this widely acclaimed chapter-book series. In the first story, Martin fumes every time classmate Harper tells one of his tall tales. Then when the fibber’s astronaut...
by Joanne | Mar 17, 2010 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
Martin Bridge and the rest of the Junior Badgers can’t wait for the fireworks show on the weekend. When Martin’s cousin Fletcher arrives to stay at his house, his guest is not so excited about fireworks, or about Martin’s space hero Zip Rideout. All...
by Barb Langridge | Mar 15, 2010 | Fiction
Timeless. Remember those tales you used to hear as you were growing up? They had a universal feel to them and always a sense of a greater power presence. This is a wonderful new addition to that shelf in children’s literature. Rashi is a young girl whose mother...
by Barb Langridge | Mar 15, 2010 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
“’We’re not allowed to take money from strangers.’ I said this polite enough to suit Big Ma, but strong enough to suit Papa.” Delphine is eleven and she’s doing what she always does which is do what needs to be done. This time she’s on an airplane with her...
by Barb Langridge | Mar 14, 2010 | Mystery
At the ripe old age of twelve Mary Quinn is about to be hanged as a thief when she sees a woman in the courtroom wink at her. Mysteriously, she is saved by this woman and brought to the Academy where she is trained as a spy. Four years later she goes on her first case...
by Barb Langridge | Mar 13, 2010 | Fiction
After her mother’s untimely death, Evie doesn’t believe in fairy tales or magic anymore. If magic were real, wouldn’t it have saved her mother? Evie’s father moves them to New York state where he has bought a dried up apple orchard and a...
