by Barb Langridge | Dec 27, 2009 | Picture Book
Maisy is making a cake for Charley. This is a wonderful pull tab book. You pull the tab and get to see Maisy wash her hands. She weighs and measures her ingredients and then adds one, two, three eggs. Open the oven and you can see the cake rise-absolutely charming. Be...
by Barb Langridge | Dec 27, 2009 | Picture Book
What if you could climb into a sleigh and travel all around the world to see how people celebrate Christmas in different countries? That’s exactly what Iza Trapani creates in this wonderful book about people other countries and their traditions.From the candy of...
by Barb Langridge | Dec 27, 2009 | Picture Book
This is the story of Jenny and Joanna who wake up one morning and get ready to set off with Grandma on an exciting adventure. They find themselves in the city and decide to take a horse and carriage ride around the park. But suddenly the horse has turned the wrong...
by Barb Langridge | Dec 27, 2009 | Non-Fiction
Okay smarty pants, how do you make a plastic dinosaur? Got your attention? Know just the kid for this book? Bill Slavin took all kinds of common things and wrote this book about them to explain for those inquiring minds, “How do they make that?” Kitty...
by Barb Langridge | Dec 27, 2009 | Non-Fiction
Coretta Scott King’s life was a journey that began in the times when she walked five miles to school with her siblings while a “white school bus left a funnel of dust on their faces.” She meets Martin Luther King Jr. and the two join their missions...
by Barb Langridge | Dec 27, 2009 | Picture Book
It’s Storytime yells the librarian who happens to be a sheep. So, all the animals come a runnin’ and the fun begins. Now, imagine doing a storytime where you’re singing “She’ll be comin’ round the mountain” but instead...
by Barb Langridge | Dec 27, 2009 | Picture Book
Are you trying to teach your child how to tie her shoes? This is the perfect book. It’s an early reader with terrific illustrations of a bright red sneaker and vivid white laces. You loop, swoop and pull. Easy enough!
by Barb Langridge | Dec 27, 2009 | Picture Book
There are several books already on the shelf about Ramadan. But, this one offers the feel of Ramadan and the spirit of Ramadan along with the process of Ramadan. “Each night they come, unfailing, This seething congregation, To reflect on the words of their Lord...
by Barb Langridge | Dec 27, 2009 | Non-Fiction
What is a barbarian? Goths and Huns, Vikings and Mongols all played powerful roles in creating western civilization. But, where did they come from? Who fought whom? Were they barbaric? This is a great resource for our early history. The maps give a clear sense of...
by Barb Langridge | Dec 27, 2009 | Picture Book
Brownie has a wonderful friend named Pearl and Pearl is a cat. One day the two friends “step out” to go to a party. Brownie is shy and scared but luckily Pearl has enough courage for both of them. Pearl goes right into that party via the cat door! So,...
