by Barb Langridge | Jan 31, 2010 | Picture Book
This is based on a true story about a mother cat who needed to find a place for her kittens. It’s a cold, cruel world out there until finally she finds an abandoned building and where she can make a home for her family. But, the world isn’t through with...
by Barb Langridge | Jan 31, 2010 | Picture Book
Oh my gosh, get your tissue box out right now. This is the deeply touching story of a dog named Shep whose owner passed away. As the owner’s body was put on a train, Shep watched. Then, Shep waited. For five years Shep met every train with the hope in his heart...
by Barb Langridge | Jan 30, 2010 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
Sometimes you pick up a book and meet the characters and you want to live near them, know them and make friends with them. That’s exactly how I felt about Dewey and VInce Mariss. In the Mariss family Dad drives a truck and Mom has gone on the road with him...
by Barb Langridge | Jan 30, 2010 | Picture Book
“A luminescent interpretation. Meticulously researched illustrations faithfully depict the ornate beauty of an ancient land” (Kirkus Reviews). In this jewel-like version of a classic story, popular folklorist Shirley Climo tells the tale of Settareh, the...
by Barb Langridge | Jan 29, 2010 | Picture Book
Edna, the penguin, lives in a world of three colors: white, black and blue. But this is no ordinary penguin. She is determined that there is more to the world than just these three shades. Day after day, Edna searches and finally, tumbling and stumbling, she finds an...
by Barb Langridge | Jan 29, 2010 | Picture Book
Oh, Wow! Froggy wakes up on a cold winter morning when frogs should be sleeping and decides he’s going to go out to play in the snow! He gets dressed in all the important things: socks, boots, hat, scarf, mittens and out he goes FLOP, FLOP, FLOP! Suddenly, he...
by Barb Langridge | Jan 29, 2010 | Picture Book
How exciting! It snowed! A little girl wakes up to the delight of a snowy day. Now it’s time to get dressed and drag good old Dad out of bed. “Hello sweatshirt…Goodbye, me! Watch out, kitty–I can’t see!” With a touch of humor and a...
by Barb Langridge | Jan 29, 2010 | Picture Book
Four petrified, wild-eyed, hilarious chickens are being taken for an unexpected ride in the back of a pickup truck until they are tossed unceremoniously into the road. Sqwawkkkkk! And now for the trail of destruction as they set out on their adventure to try to find...
by Barb Langridge | Jan 29, 2010 | Picture Book
Sometimes it’s hard to find just the right outfit! Today, this little girl sees a whole stack of clothes she does NOT want to wear. “Not These Clothes!” she shouts. There is something wrong with all of them. From being “too taggy, too strappy,...
by Barb Langridge | Jan 29, 2010 | Picture Book
What a fun bunny book! This book is divided into three stories that would be perfect for an early reader or an independent reader. While just going about their business, the bunnies find themselves splashed with mud and having to run through the delicate cycle and dry...
