by Barb Langridge | Feb 4, 2010 | Picture Book
One morning Jim…not Jack….wakes up to find an enormous beanstalk has sprouted over night and is growing and growing and growing just outside his window. Jim does what any self-respecting child would do…he climbs the stalk to see where it will take...
by Barb Langridge | Feb 4, 2010 | Picture Book
Good fortune drops into the life of Widow Minna Shaw when a witch’s broom drops from the sky. The good widow finds the broom will sweep all by itself. But the neighbors are distrustful of this supernatural implement and they will not let it work in peace. The...
by Barb Langridge | Feb 4, 2010 | Picture Book
Grouchy old Crabby Clarence is a sign painter but he has no love for his work. One day an elderly woman enters his shop and asks Clarence to make her a sign to market her apples and she wants the sign for free. Clarence offers three hundred dollars but the woman...
by Barb Langridge | Feb 4, 2010 | Picture Book
“Illus. in full color. “Ringgold recounts the dream adventure of eight-year-old Cassie Louise Lightfoot, who flies above her apartment-building rooftop, the ‘tar beach’ of the title, looking down on 1939 Harlem. Part autobiographical, part...
by Barb Langridge | Feb 4, 2010 | Picture Book
“Getting onto the wrong school bus was the pig’s first mistake. Her second was choosing to take the path through the forest. The next thing she knows, a wolf has grabbed her and thrown her into a sack, all the while singing a song about soup. Lucky for the...
by Barb Langridge | Feb 4, 2010 | Picture Book
Care to stop and smell the roses? Henry hikes to Fitchburg is a great picture book explanation of Thoreau’s message. Henry is a bear and he and a friend are getting ready to journey to Fitchburg, a town thirty miles away. Henry chooses to walk to Fitchburg and...
by Barb Langridge | Feb 4, 2010 | Picture Book
Friendship! What a wonderful thing even if you’re a mouse! Horace, Morris and Dolores have been friends forever sharing one adventure after another. But the day has come when they’ve decided to join some different groups of friends. In fact, the boys...
by Barb Langridge | Feb 4, 2010 | Picture Book
When the teapot falls and breaks, the entire house comes together to help. The little ant with all his courage wants to help his friend but is so afraid he is not up to the task. 978-0590020497 40 pages Ages 4-7 ********** “From the back cover of the Scholastic...
by Barb Langridge | Feb 4, 2010 | Picture Book
A delightful picture book that follows poet and author Robert Louis Stevenson from London to New York in 1887 on the good ship, Ludgate Hill. Humorous illustrations create a fun setting for the verse-filled story of the crossing with animals and plenty of mischief....
by Barb Langridge | Feb 4, 2010 | Picture Book
How exciting! A birthday is rolling around and all five sheep have headed down to the store to pick out a gift for their friend. They find the perfect thing but their piggy bank is just a little bit short. A rhyming romp of a book it’s a great read aloud to...
