by Barb Langridge | Feb 18, 2010 | Historical Fiction
Eight-year-old Ruthie is an “only:” the only sister in a family with six brothers, and the only third-grader in her one-room schoolhouse. She is not happy with either situation, and she is also unable to be “ladylike” even though it would...
by Barb Langridge | Feb 18, 2010 | Graphic Novel / Comics / Manga
George O’Connor is a Greek mythology buff and a classic superhero comics fan, and he’s out to remind us how much our pantheon of superheroes (Superman, Batman, the X-Men, etc) owes to mankind’s ORIGINAL superheroes: the Greek pantheon. In OLYMPIANS,...
by Barb Langridge | Feb 17, 2010 | Fiction
The tales of the Sisters Grimm continue as the Grimm family, accompanied by Mr. Canis (aka. the Big Bad Wolf) and the former sheriff Hampstead (aka. one of the three little pigs), travel to New York City to the land of Fairie to get Puck the medical care he needs. For...
by Barb Langridge | Feb 17, 2010 | Fiction
The Problem Child continues where Usual Suspects leaves off… with Sabrina and Puck appearing in a strange place. As it turns out, the two have arrived at Ferryport Landing Asylum where Little Red Riding Hood and the Jabberwocky are holding Sabrina and...
by Barb Langridge | Feb 17, 2010 | Fiction
n this second installment in the Sisters Grimm series, Sabrina and Daphne Grimm are beginning to adjust to their new lives in Ferryport Landing. And, as any child will tell you, that means school. The girls have been avoiding Ferryport Landing Elementary, but the...
by Barb Langridge | Feb 17, 2010 | Fiction
Sent from foster family to foster family, Sabrina and Daphne Grimm are used to looking after themselves. Ever since their parents disappeared mysteriously, they have been all the family each other has had. But when a strange woman identifying herself as the their long...
by Barb Langridge | Feb 16, 2010 | Picture Book
Using all the right ingredients, a big bowl and a toasty oven, a cupcake was born. Being a friendly sort of cupcake, he introduced himself immediately to his fancy brothers and sisters. Now the brothers and sisters are a fancy lot: Rainbow-sprinkles cupcake, stripy...
by Barb Langridge | Feb 16, 2010 | Picture Book
What do you call worm poop? Did you know that as worms tunnel through the soil they loosen the soil and that helps plants get a drink of rain and a bit of air? Did you know that it’s “dangerous being a worm?” A child and his grandmother are out in...
by Barb Langridge | Feb 16, 2010 | Picture Book
There are 200 million insects in the world for every single person so I guess we might want to learn how to get along with them! The next time you step outside your door, take a look around you. There will be all kinds of insects- social insects and solitary insects....
by Barb Langridge | Feb 16, 2010 | Picture Book
Don’t you hate to see those bags caught in the trees along the side of the road? What if you followed one of those bags from the landfill where it begins its journey and along the road until it meets up with a little girl named Margaret who is recycling some...
