by Barb Langridge | Oct 29, 2024 | Picture Book
More useful than ever as we approach the 2024 presidential election, this witty, nonpartisan book helps explain the concept of voting to the youngest readers. Now in paperback! I Voted explains the concept of choosing, individually, and as a group, from making a...
by Barb Langridge | Oct 29, 2024 | Picture Book
2000 SSLI Honor Book-Social Studies (Grades K-6) IRA Los Angeles’ 100 Best Books A multicultural cast of children imagines what it would be like to be president. Imagine living in the White House, a mansion where you wouldn’t have to leave home to go...
by Barb Langridge | Oct 28, 2024 | Graphic Novel / Comics / Manga
Flash Gordon Adventures is an all-ages series by the award-winning creative team of Art Baltazar and Franco! Perfect for fans of Tiny Titans and Itty Bitty Hellboy! Join Flash Gordon, Dale Arden, Dr. Zarkov and their allies from Mongo as they battle the evil tyrant,...
by Barb Langridge | Oct 28, 2024 | Picture Book
Friendship and empathy charm as a little witch learns to fly on a not-so-perfect broom. While practicing for her flying test, Little Witch sometimes forgets her broom in places she shouldn’t. By the time she finds her broom in the woods by Ramshackle Rat’s...
by Barb Langridge | Oct 28, 2024 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
#1 New York Times bestselling author Jason Reynolds tackles it—you know…it—from the guy’s perspective in this unfiltered and undeniably sweet stream of consciousness story of a teen boy about to experience a huge first. Twenty-four months ago: Neon gets chased by a...
by Barb Langridge | Oct 28, 2024 | Graphic Novel / Comics / Manga
An exciting teen coming-of-age epic from author Samuel Teer and debut graphic novel artist Mar Julia, Brownstone is a vivid, sweeping, ultimately hopeful story about navigating your heritage even when you feel like you don’t quite fit in. Almudena has always wondered...
by Barb Langridge | Oct 28, 2024 | Mystery
Embark on an unforgettable mystery-adventure starring a girl determined to save her friends and find a home, written by the best-selling author of the Serafina and Willa of the Wood series! Robert Beatty, a master at telling atmospheric tales of mystery and suspense...
by Barb Langridge | Oct 28, 2024 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
Wry humor and sharp insight capture the distinctive voice of a young teen forced by his mother’s unstable mental health to recalibrate his outlook and build a new life with found family. For fans of Gary D. Schmidt and Rebecca Stead. Quagmire Tiarello prides himself...
by Barb Langridge | Oct 28, 2024 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
As the best friend of popular, self-absorbed Rachel, Ingrid is used to feeling invisible. But the guarded Virginia eighth grader has a vibrant online life, where she’s built a supportive community via the MMORPG Ancient Tomes Online and her secret blog Bye Forever, I...
by Barb Langridge | Oct 28, 2024 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
Atinuke (L Is for Love) draws from her experiences having moved from a “mansion” in Lagos to Wales, where she lived with her son in a “roundhouse built of straw and clay in the woods,” to showcase a life lived “simply on the land” in four gentle tales, which read like...
