by Barb Langridge | Dec 15, 2009 | Picture Book
Simon the baker is disheartened because everything he touches falls flat. He was once a happy, successful baker and then his two partners ran off with the money and Simon closed his shop and moved away to a new town where no one knew him. All the while he had been a...
by Barb Langridge | Dec 15, 2009 | Picture Book
When the mothers are in the room, Bootsie Barker appears to be a perfectly well-behaved young lady but the minute they leave the room, the real Bootsie emerges and her playmate knows she is in big trouble. Bootsie becomes that tyrannical child who just wants her own...
by Barb Langridge | Dec 15, 2009 | Picture Book
Louise Cheese is a girl who dreams big. More than anything she wants to look like a big cheese. Her parents are the kind of people who don’t care how they look so they don’t share her “vision” and in this case her “vision” is...
by Barb Langridge | Dec 15, 2009 | Picture Book
“A little girl offers to take care of her busy mother for a day. She helps Mom put on makeup, takes her shopping, cleans the house just the way she likes it, and much more. Somehow, though, Mom ends up more tired and frazzled than usual. . . . “Maybe I...
by Barb Langridge | Dec 15, 2009 | Fantasy
Nine-year-old Anna was a baby when Mellwyn found her in the roots of a willow tree. Now the High Willow calls to her, but Mellwyn forbids her to go there. Anna is a child of nature, at home with birds and trees, and that nature calls her, until she cannot deny her...
by Barb Langridge | Dec 15, 2009 | Picture Book
How does a young boy feel when his parents divorce and he is moved into a new home with his mother? William is struggling with his feelings as he looks out the window from his new house and everything just looks unwelcoming and unfriendly. What reaches back to a child...
by Barb Langridge | Dec 15, 2009 | Non-Fiction
The author draws from her own personal experience to bring hope to children affected by the tragedy of divorce. Illustrator Abigail Garner portrays a young boy walking through his parents’ divorce.–From the publisher 978-1579212285 Ages 4-7 Keywords:...
by Barb Langridge | Dec 15, 2009 | Picture Book
“This book is dedicated to all the young children of divorced parents. Although, the marriage did not work, both parents love you very much and want the best for you. In, Anaiya Loves Daddy, Anaiya Loves Mommy, Joseph Abney has a conversation with his daughter...
by Barb Langridge | Dec 15, 2009 | Picture Book
If you are looking for a simple picture book that describes divorce from the perspective of a young child, here is a good one. Fred, of the title, is a dog and this is the story of a child who lives with both parents and so moves from one house to another. The...
by Barb Langridge | Dec 15, 2009 | Picture Book
“Rabbit goes wherever Kara goes—sometimes to Mama’s house, sometimes to Papa’s house. Now Papa is coming to pick up Kara and Rabbit and take them to his house. But this time things are different. Peggy, Papa’s new wife, lives there, too. She makes costumes for...
