by Barb Langridge | Nov 1, 2009 | Picture Book
Usually owls sleep during the day and stay up all night but this curious little owl has decided to stay up all day and what a world of wonder it turns out to be. By day the owl sees the reds of butterflies, the orange of flowers and the gray of a rainy day. It is a...
by Barb Langridge | Nov 1, 2009 | Picture Book
What a cool book. THis is a brilliant nature book that combines poetry with vivid photographs containing hidden animals. So, you get the fun of searching the photographs and lifting the flap to find the hidden animal if you can’t find it and the gentle joy of...
by Barb Langridge | Nov 1, 2009 | Picture Book
What shapes does Lucy see around her house? There are ovals, crescents, hearts, circles, squares and more. If you pull the tab at the side of the book, you see the different shapes reveal themselves. So, it’s a fun, interactive way to learn concepts.
by Barb Langridge | Nov 1, 2009 | Picture Book
The Grazers and the Biters are taking the field for a fierce soccer match. Pterodactyls take the ball using their wings and claws and make an outside shot. Score! The Grazers are winning. But will the Biters be able to stage a comeback? T. Rex is taking charge and now...
by Barb Langridge | Nov 1, 2009 | Picture Book
Walking home from school one day, Wanda spies what looks to her like a rosebush growing in a trash-filled corner lot. There it was, “bare and thorny,” and Wanda who loves beautiful things, is determined to help it grow into its glorious self. One by one...
by Barb Langridge | Nov 1, 2009 | Fiction
The life of the Just-so-Woman is very orderly and tidy. While trying to fix the leg of a milking stool, she meets the Any-way Man. They don’t quite see eye to eye. Life hands the Just-So Woman one problem after another. No soap left to clean the spoon, so she...
by Barb Langridge | Nov 1, 2009 | Fiction
When a giant dinosaur egg hatches, Boo becomes its mother and turns to her brother, Sammy, for wisdom on what to do with an “imaginary” friend. Games, he tells her. You play games. So, Boo gathers all the games she can to keep Dinny entertained. Luckily,...
by Barb Langridge | Nov 1, 2009 | Humor
The day has come for the family walk. Perfect Peter is all happy and can’t wait to wear his new books. Horrid Henry wants to do anything but this. His parents think he spends way too much time indoors. Worse yet, they’re making him go to the country where...
by Barb Langridge | Nov 1, 2009 | Mystery
If you love a mystery that gives you clues so you too can try to solve it, here is a sure-fire winner. It contains three case files: The Curse of the Ancient Mask, The Mark of the Purple Homework and finally, The Clasp of Doom. To give you a feel for this, Saxby is...
by Barb Langridge | Nov 1, 2009 | Picture Book
This is a different sort of interactive board book. As you turn the page, there is an animal waiting for you but it’s missing its feet. You can turn the cardboard wheel at the bottom of the page and match the right feet up with the body of the animal. It’s...
