by Barb Langridge | Nov 7, 2009 | Picture Book
Sung to the melody of Over in the Meadow, this is a bright, gaily patterned song of the creatures in the coral reef. Great for storytime. If you’re reading at home, you can find the objects in the pictures and then count them.
by Barb Langridge | Nov 7, 2009 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
Hiding the snake in the hall closet, making your sister’s room “out of order,” and crinkling gum wrappers on the phone extension are important jobs of a brother who is an expert at driving his sister crazy. If you’re going to try this at home,...
by Barb Langridge | Nov 7, 2009 | Fiction
Fancy Nancy and her friend Bree have started an Explorers Club. They are going to be mature and go outside to explore the natural world around them. They find insects, wildflowers, spiders, trees, butterflies and best of all more club members.
by Barb Langridge | Nov 7, 2009 | Picture Book
Photographs of beautiful, real life things demonstrate a group of opposites. More than likely these pictures will prompt many a young listener to ask, “What is that?” after you explain about the opposite. The world gets bigger and bigger!
by Barb Langridge | Nov 7, 2009 | Picture Book
Papa is going to New York and he won’t be back for Ida’s birthday or for Christmas. It feels as though he’ll be gone forever but he needs to move to New York and leave Jamaica so he can find work to give his family what it needs. Ida is heartbroken...
by Barb Langridge | Nov 7, 2009 | Picture Book
Do you ever get tired of telling your children don’t do this and don’t do that? Well, here’s a fun way to get your message across. The hilarious illustrations of Babette Cole accompany the list of things to do and not to do so we can all get along in...
by Barb Langridge | Nov 7, 2009 | Picture Book
Martha hugs, shares, reads and does other wonderful things but she has one big problem: she doesn’t say sorry. “Sometimes Martha does things that re…not so nice.” Then, she doesn’t say sorry. Oh dear. So, we watch and see what happens to people...
by Barb Langridge | Nov 7, 2009 | Picture Book
In a Tirio Indian village, in the Amazon rain forest, there lives a boy named Kamanya. He learns to respect the medicine of the village shaman when he falls ill with a fever and is saved by the shaman. Kamanya is going to watch as the shaman’s medicine cannot...
by Barb Langridge | Nov 7, 2009 | Picture Book
Biscuit and friend are visiting the pumpkin patch. They look at all the different pumpkins and load just the right ones into their red wagon. Is Biscuit helping? This is a simple, warm introduction to visiting a pumpkin patch.
by Barb Langridge | Nov 7, 2009 | Picture Book
Beautiful, clear illustrations team up with the simple, informative text to make this a wonderful book about how pumpkins grow and what you do with them when you’ve got them. It’s perfect for teaching children about seeds and roots and flowers and how a...
