by Barb Langridge | Oct 31, 2009 | Picture Book
In 1942 in Warsaw, Poland, many Jewish were trapped in the ghetto. They needed food and supplies which came by train. But the Germans suspected the flow of goods and they brought dogs to sniff out the food. This is the story of a young girl and her sister who...
by Barb Langridge | Oct 31, 2009 | Picture Book
Amidst the horror of life in a concentration camp, art therapist, Friedl Dicker-Brandeis, brought her art supplies with her and taught art to the children imprisoned around her. Her strength gave hope and sanity and meaning to the lives of these frightened young...
by Barb Langridge | Oct 31, 2009 | Picture Book
In the concentration camp of Mauthausen in Austria in the spring of 1945 an amazing thing happened. Allied troops marched into the camp to liberate the survivors and were surprised to be handed an American flag that had been secretly sewn by the prisoners. They had...
by Barb Langridge | Oct 31, 2009 | Picture Book
Sometimes when you are small, you see something important that needs to be done and you wonder if you are “big” enough to do it all by yourself. Meet Bear who has found a little blue bird fallen from its nest. The bird needs help getting back up into the...
by Barb Langridge | Oct 31, 2009 | Picture Book
Oh, this is fun! If you and your child or students know your nursery rhymes, you are in for a good time. As the story goes, Miss Muffet has gotten tired of sitting on her tuffet and equally tired of getting frightened by that pesky spider. She leaves her nursery rhyme...
by Barb Langridge | Oct 31, 2009 | Picture Book
This is suggested as a possible read-aloud for showing a character who is not satisfied with himself but wants to be part this and part that.
by Barb Langridge | Oct 31, 2009 | Non-Fiction
And you thought you had a picky eater before? Now, Michael Pollan has gone behind the scenes to bring us the news about where our food comes from and what the impact of our food choices may be on our planet. So, not only are you what you eat but what ou eat and how it...
by Barb Langridge | Oct 31, 2009 | Picture Book
Emma Turner loves books and dreams of one day having the store-bought kind, but the Turners are migrant workers and money is tight. That means “no extras,” so Emma must be content to make her own stories and books. Emma has a plan, though – she’s going to save all the...
by Barb Langridge | Oct 31, 2009 | Picture Book
In Appalachia each Christmas, a boy named Frankie waits beside the tracks for the Christmas Train, which will bring presents to the children who live in coal towns and hollows. Year after year, Frankie hopes that one particular gift — a very special gift — will be...
by Barb Langridge | Oct 31, 2009 | Historical Fiction
Ma’s been working so hard, she doesn’t have much left over. So her three kids decide to do some work on their own. In the dark of night, they steal into their rich neighbor’s potato fields in hopes of collecting the strays that have been left to rot....
