by Mike Costanzo | Nov 11, 2009 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
This is a special day at Marvin’s school: it’s hole day. Everyone is wearing clothes with holes in them. Even Mrs. North is wearing a shirt with a hole and Marvin can see her belly button. Shocking. Now, Mrs. North has just learned that the President of the United...
by Mike Costanzo | Nov 11, 2009 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
Marvin Redpost has a chance to show how responsible he can be when his teacher, Mrs. North, asks him to watch her pet dog, Waldo, while she’s away. Marvin does everything right but Waldo dies. How can he face his teacher and how can he handle it when all of his...
by Barb Langridge | Nov 10, 2009 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
His mother is on the phone, his father is deep in blueprints and his older brother is Chris Newman, football star. It’s the day of the big game and Newton Newman is invisible as always. His family is so busy they just never seem to have time for him or even to...
by Barb Langridge | Nov 10, 2009 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
Another summer on Cape Cod and Willa is ready with her stack of skinny-punch books, her chance to plan her first wedding, her boyfriend, JFK, and her best friend, Tina. But this is a summer that will not go as planned. Tina is spending her time with Ruby Sivler and...
by Barb Langridge | Nov 10, 2009 | Non-Fiction
Sofie is eleven years old and has autism spectrum disorder. In this book she explains how she experiences things around her. She has a hard time with too much noise and change. She likes to play with other girls and she likes kids who are calm and quiet. Body language...
by Barb Langridge | Nov 10, 2009 | Fiction
Imagine a planet where everyone beats to a different drummer. Here everyone loves music and can play by ear. Here everyone wears the same thing every day. Here everyone dreams of being a chess champion. This is the world as seen through the mind of an autistic child....
by Barb Langridge | Nov 10, 2009 | Picture Book
Six year old Julietta loves hearing her grandfather tell the stories of his boyhood in a monastery and his doves trained to carry messages. Grandfather tells her about his favorite dove, Isabella, who showed great bravery during World War I and saved the lives of...
by Barb Langridge | Nov 10, 2009 | Picture Book
The season is changing and Dora is going out to pick a pumpkin in the pumpkin patch. This is a nice beginning reader with images woven into the text so even the youngest listener can “read” parts of the story.
by Barb Langridge | Nov 10, 2009 | Picture Book
What are the signs of autumn? How do you know that fall has arrived? Is it an apple or a pumpkin or maybe it’s when your jacket appears from the boxes in the basement? A gentle exploration of all the signs of the change of a season. 32 pages 978-0060294229 Ages...
by Barb Langridge | Nov 10, 2009 | Picture Book
Peter, the tiger, is hunting for the perfect pumpkin. It has to have just the shape and the right feel. Nothing too bumpy or lumpy. Then, there it is. Now what is Peter going to do with that pumpkin?
