by Barb Langridge | Feb 6, 2010 | Mystery
Freddie Nostrils is a prairie dog with a passion . . . for dessert. In fact, his sweet tooth rivals Chet Gecko’s own. That’s why when the winning ticket in the Malted Falcon contest goes missing, Freddie hires Chet and his mockingbird partner, Natalie...
by Barb Langridge | Feb 6, 2010 | Mystery
A series of classrooms have been trashed by what seems to be a vicious werehamster. (Or it could be another science fair project gone wrong.)
by Barb Langridge | Feb 6, 2010 | Mystery
One by one, the students at Emerson Hicky Elementary are becoming mindless goody-goodies. No one talks in class, no one complains about homework–heck, the line to clean the chalkboard erasers is out the door! Everyone is acting like . . . well, a zombie. Chet...
by Barb Langridge | Feb 6, 2010 | Mystery
Chet Gecko’s hunger for mystery is matched only by his appetite for cockroach casserole, mosquito marshmallow surprise, and stinkbug pie. So when the cafeteria needs help nabbing a food thief, Chet digs into the case with a passion he usually reserves only for...
by Barb Langridge | Feb 6, 2010 | Mystery
Chet Gecko loves a good mystery. Almost more than he loves stinkbug pie. So when fellow fourth grader Shirley Chameleon asks him to find her missing brother, Billy, Chet expects the case to be as easy as pie. But Billy’s disappearance is part of a larger plot....
by Barb Langridge | Feb 6, 2010 | Mystery
One by one, the members of Emerson Hicky’s football team are disappearing. As far as Chet Gecko is concerned, this is a cause for celebration. Only trouble is that Chet’s old nemesis, Herman the Gila Monster, is the number one suspect, and he wants Chet to...
by Barb Langridge | Feb 6, 2010 | Picture Book
It really is the little things that count! Here we are at the post office and a mother is waiting in line with her small daughter tucked into her umbrella stroller. The little girl pops out ready to connect with the world. “Hi!” she says to big people all...
by Barb Langridge | Feb 6, 2010 | Picture Book
Millie the cow is no ordinary bovine. Though she may be content at times chewing her cud in the meadow, she’s happiest when she’s thinking up and carrying out a new scare tactic on the mail carrier. Imagine the joy of scaring the letters out of this...
by Barb Langridge | Feb 6, 2010 | Picture Book
Owen the pig has decided to send his grandmother a GIANT hug. He starts the hug by hugging the clerk at the post office and gives instructions: “Please make the hug just as giant when you pass it on to the mailman.” Now the hug is on its way from animal to...
by Barb Langridge | Feb 5, 2010 | Non-Fiction
“For a wealthy ancient Egyptian, death is not the end: your body must be prepared for the afterlife. But it’s a fairly disgusting business, and you can’t be sure that you will always be treated with respect.”–from the publisher Embalming,...
