by Barb Langridge | Jan 10, 2010 | Picture Book
The first snow has fallen and the family of mice all climb into grandma and grandpa mouse’s truck and head off for an adventure. Grandpa loves to ice skate and everyone else can’t wait to sled down the big hill. Such fun! But wait, who is that at the top...
by Barb Langridge | Jan 10, 2010 | Picture Book
Everyone in the jungle loves Little Gorilla. His mother and his father love him. His aunts and uncles love him. Even the boa constrictor and the hippo love him even when he’s pulling tails and playing tricks. They have loved him since the day he was born. THen,...
by Barb Langridge | Jan 10, 2010 | Picture Book
Winter is coming and it’s time for Big Bear to go to sleep. But he hears the voice of Old Man Winter. Now, Old Man Winter is whispering Sleep, Big Bear, Sleep. But BIg Bear is a little bit hard of hearing. He doesn’t quite get what Old Man winter is...
by Barb Langridge | Jan 10, 2010 | Picture Book
The boys have just traded all their thingamabobs and other treasures for a time machine. Wow! But Sam says they’ve been bamboozled. There are no knobs or anything on it. But they have a manual and they’re ready to take on the doodads and the...
by Barb Langridge | Jan 10, 2010 | Picture Book
f you’ve had the fun of reading DinosaurRoar with your child, you are going to love this book and if you haven’t read Dinosaur Roar, I highly recommend you get it and then grab this one. This book is filled with facts about dinos along with the very fun...
by Barb Langridge | Jan 8, 2010 | Science Fiction
The Tomorrow Code by Falkner is a thrill-ride for readers who enjoy sci-fi and adventure. Teen genius Rebecca and her friends Tane and Harley “Fat Boy” discover a code from the future. Once Rebecca writes a computer program that looks for patterns, they...
by Barb Langridge | Jan 8, 2010 | Action / Adventure
This is one of the best ‘boy’ books I have read in years. (next to the Hunger Games).It is set in the future where Juvenile delinquents are sent to the ‘furnace’ for punishment. They are sent for life with no chance of ever coming out. Alex is...
by Barb Langridge | Jan 7, 2010 | Science Fiction
For Titus and his friends, it started out like any ordinary trip to the moon – a chance to party during spring break and play with some stupid low-grav at the Ricochet Lounge. But that was before the crazy hacker caused all their feeds to malfunction, sending...
by Barb Langridge | Jan 6, 2010 | Picture Book
A young Chinese girl overcomes the wickedness of her stepsister and stepmother to become the bride of a prince.–from the publisher 32 pages 978-0399209000 Ages 4-8 Editor’s note: Search abookandahug.com using search term “Cinderella” to...
by Barb Langridge | Jan 5, 2010 | Fiction
” “She’s like … terminally uncoordinated,” Ainsley Williams said, loud enough to reach the whole class. I pretended not to hear, but tears stung my eyes as Ainsley’s clique giggled.” Of course, Lily has tears in her eyes by...
