by Barb Langridge | Feb 1, 2010 | Picture Book
by Walter dean Myers and illus by Christopher Myers Egmont 978-1606840016 Celebrate the kind of guy you are with a fist bam!!! With a free flowing artistic dance across the pages, Walter Dean Myers and his son, Christopher invite everyone to figure out the dimensions...
by Barb Langridge | Feb 1, 2010 | Non-Fiction
This powerfully illustrated book explains the journey of John Brown from a caring Christian activist in Ohio to a man willing to kill in Kansas and finally at Harper’s Ferry. It follows his life from Hudson, Ohio where he learned to treat all men and women as...
by Barb Langridge | Feb 1, 2010 | Picture Book
Riding the subway a boy opens up a book all about redwood trees. They can live to be 2,000 years old as witnessed by the two Roman soldiers now sitting next to him on the subway bench and they’re the tallest living things on Earth. As he walks out of the subway,...
by Barb Langridge | Feb 1, 2010 | Graphic Novel / Comics / Manga
And they’re off and running…..but it’s not the racehorses. Nope! Luke and his father have gone to the park for a walk and Luke’s dad has run into a friend he wants to talk to. “Blah, blah, blah.” Luke is bored and looks around for...
by Barb Langridge | Feb 1, 2010 | Historical Fiction
As the sounds of the Russian Army draw nearer and nearer to his German town, ten-year-old Fritz is planting tomato seedlings. He loves the smell of the earth and he loves growing things. But his life is about to be turned upside down by things that are way beyond his...
by Barb Langridge | Jan 31, 2010 | Picture Book
Setting forth on an adventure on a snowy day, a little girl and her dog explore and discover the joys and the secrets of the cold season. Snowflakes land on your tongue and snow beds are just waiting for you to make a snow angel. But, if you let your mind wander to...
by Barb Langridge | Jan 31, 2010 | Picture Book
A family goes out for a walk in the woods on a snowy day and then all the wonderful questions start to come. Where do the leaves go when winter comes? With melodic rhyme the story asks the same question about caterpillars, birds, fish and more. It’s a wonderful...
by Barb Langridge | Jan 31, 2010 | Picture Book
The music of a snowy day is beautifully mirrored and sung for us in this magical, delightful picture book. The story is told through the pictures and the sounds. Just the words “peth, peth, peth” instantly take you outside to experience for yourself the...
by Barb Langridge | Jan 31, 2010 | Picture Book
This is a magical story told in sound words. A young boy wakes up to a snowy day and makes his way through a morning of getting ready for school while outside there are the sounds of shoveling, snowplows, and even the school bus arriving. Each part of the day has its...
by Barb Langridge | Jan 31, 2010 | Picture Book
Winter? Warm? It’s all in how you look at things! Summer is warm with its cold drinks, its jelly sandwiches, cold radiators and cats on window sills. But, winter has warm cocoa and cats on laps and hot soup and hissing radiators! Now that’s warm! There is...
