by Barb Langridge | Nov 24, 2009 | Picture Book
This is the beautifully illustrated story of the step by step building of the Empire State Building as seen through the eyes of a boy and his father. It’s a perfect blend of the wonder of the idea of building something so far-reaching and the daily experiences...
by Barb Langridge | Nov 24, 2009 | Picture Book
“A young man and his dog Tulip, drive west from Ohio and marvel at the farms of Iowa, the skies of Nebraska, the wind in Wyoming, the mountains of Colorado, the desert in Nevada, and the ocean in Oregon.” –from the publisher 978-0439399784 Ages 4-8...
by Barb Langridge | Nov 24, 2009 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
Thirteen year old Brian is the only survivor of a plane crash in the Canadian wilderness. Armed with the hatchet his mother gave him before he left on this trip to see his father, Brian is faced with surviving in a harsh world where there is no one to hand him food,...
by Barb Langridge | Nov 18, 2009 | Picture Book
You know the song I Know An Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly?Well, this time it’s an Old Teacher who is doing the swallowing. How far will she go? She starts with a flea. “Did you see that? See What? Biss Bindley swallowed a flea.” A gang of kids is...
by Barb Langridge | Nov 17, 2009 | Graphic Novel / Comics / Manga
This is the sequel to Rapunzel’s Revenge and is also by Shannon Hale, her husband, Dean, and a talented artist named Nathan Hale, no relation! We rejoin the wily Jack and see some of his capers in his early years. The boy clearly had talent early on. He will...
by Barb Langridge | Nov 17, 2009 | Graphic Novel / Comics / Manga
Rapunzel has never looked so good! Shannon Hale loves to take fairy tales with their universal connections and use them as frameworks for her stories of powerful girls/women. This time she collaborated with her husband, Dean, and together they created a rollicking...
by Barb Langridge | Nov 17, 2009 | Fantasy
This is the fourth of the Books of Bayern. Meet Rinna girl, Razo’s younger sister who is gifted with a power that has made her want to run from herself. Rinna has people-speaking and she finds it early in life and feels very ashamed of what she can do. She is...
by Barb Langridge | Nov 17, 2009 | Fantasy
Delightfully, the Books of Bayern continue. In this tale Razo has been selected as one of Bayern’s Own, a great honor. The soldiers of Bayern’s Own are to accompany the ambassador to Ingridan to promote peace between the two kingdoms. Razo is filled with...
by Barb Langridge | Nov 17, 2009 | Fantasy
Miri has always wanted to work in the quarry with everyone else in her mountain village but her father refuses to allow it. She believes it is because he sees her as weak and frail. Then, a messenger arrives from the lowlands to announce that the prince’s future...
by Mike Costanzo | Nov 16, 2009 | Fiction
Tom’s mother has returned from Greece with an impossible request: come to Greece and help her destroy an ancient enemy. She has assembled an army of unlikely allies, including Grimalkin ,the witch assassin, and Alice Deane, as well as neighboring spook Bill...
