by Barb Langridge | Feb 4, 2010 | Picture Book
” “Every Who down in Who-ville liked Christmas a lot . . . but the Grinch, who lived just north of Who-ville, did NOT!” Not since “’Twas the night before Christmas” has the beginning of a Christmas tale been so instantly recognizable. This heartwarming story...
by Barb Langridge | Feb 4, 2010 | Picture Book
“”Arresting photo-collage artwork and hip-hop poetry tell the story of a stray cat’s search for a home as it slinks its way through city streets…Pulses with city rhythms and scenarios, just waiting to be discovered and discussed.” –...
by Barb Langridge | Feb 4, 2010 | Picture Book
“Start with a single rose. Add hollyhocks and marigold, sunflowers and zinnias. Voilà! A quiet, tranquil, beautiful garden grows before your eyes. But who’s that hiding in the corner? This cumulative story by the creators of On Market street, which won a...
by Barb Langridge | Feb 4, 2010 | Picture Book
by Barb Langridge | Feb 4, 2010 | Picture Book
“The sky is falling,” begins this classic children’s tale. One animal after another joins the stampede of fear as Chicken Little calls the warning. Steven Kellogg has thrown a few twists into the mix with Foxy Loxy in a Poul-ice costume and a hippo...
by Barb Langridge | Feb 4, 2010 | Picture Book
Pamela Duncan Edwards alliteration
by Barb Langridge | Feb 4, 2010 | Picture Book
“Four famished foxes make fun of their brother Fosdyke, who feels fondly for fried figs, fennel, and French bread. Leaving him behind to fry and flambé, they go foraging for fowl in a forbidden farmyard. Unfortunately, the foxes find the fowl forwarned. Foiled,...
by Barb Langridge | Feb 4, 2010 | Picture Book
A great book for alliteration. One beautiful day a cabbage caterpillar laid her egg on a cabbage leaf and wished her baby courage and contentment. Then she flew away. Inside the egg Clara Caterpillar grew and grew. But she did not want to come out. She was quite...
by Barb Langridge | Feb 2, 2010 | Fiction
Dee, Jose and Annie have all been selected to for a special tour of the White House called the “Children of Today.” These kids have worked hard at their schools and now they’re here and they’re listening to Ms. Letters tell them all the rules....
by Barb Langridge | Feb 2, 2010 | Picture Book
So, you’re looking for a great read aloud-you know, something that even the wiggly ones will sit still for. Well, what if there was a book that had a little girl in it who wiped her nose with her hand and got green goo all over it. Then, what if she went to the...
