by Barb Langridge | Oct 30, 2009 | Picture Book
Remember the story of the boy who cried wolf? Well sometimes, Puffer cries shark. We all know what happened to the boy….will the same thing happen to Puffer? Maybe telling tall tales isn’t the best way to go about things.
by Barb Langridge | Oct 30, 2009 | Picture Book
Winner of the 1967 Caldecott Medal Samantha (known as Sam) is a fisherman’s daughter who dreams rich and lovely dreams–moonshine, her father says. But when her tall stories bring disaster to her friend Thomas and her cat, Bangs, Sam learns to distinguish between...
by Barb Langridge | Oct 30, 2009 | Picture Book
A little boy tells a lie -just a little lie- but it grows bigger and bigger and bigger and suddenly he has a monster following him around. This can be a very useful book for teaching young children about lying. Note: the word “dumb” appears in this...
by Barb Langridge | Oct 30, 2009 | Picture Book
Mother’s Day is important to everyone, even mice. On this special day, three sibling mice arise before the last star has set to gather their gifts. Biggest Mouse and Middle Mouse know exactly what they are after, but what Little Mouse wants to give her might be...
by Barb Langridge | Oct 30, 2009 | Picture Book
Winner of the 1971 Caldecott Medal Many African stories, whether or not they are about Kwaku Ananse the “spider man,” are called, “Spider Stories.” This book is about how that came to be. The African storyteller begins: “We do not really...
by Barb Langridge | Oct 30, 2009 | Fiction
Sophie did not even believe in giants, but on a fitful night of sleep at the orphanage she was snatched right out of the window in her nightie. Luck have it her way that she was taken by the Big Friendly Giant and not by any other of the man-eating giants that snatch...
by Barb Langridge | Oct 30, 2009 | Fantasy
Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy have only been gone from the enchanting land of Narnia for a year, or so they initially believed. They were all on their way back to boarding school when they were called back to Narnia by the friendly beasts and people of Narnia in a...
by Barb Langridge | Oct 30, 2009 | Fantasy
The royalty, the talking beasts, the magic, and the beauty of Narnia did not always exist. In fact, when Digory and Polly first arrived, Aslan was only beginning to create the magical world of Narnia, but much happened to even get them there. In the middle of London,...
by Barb Langridge | Oct 30, 2009 | Fantasy
Narnia, the land of talking animals and magic, is neighbor to many other lands and oftentimes those lands find themselves in need of Aslan’s and our help. In this adventure, follow Shasta and Bree into many of those lands, even stopping to meet the royal family...
by Barb Langridge | Oct 30, 2009 | Fantasy
Many years after Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy have ended their reign and returned to our world, the land of Narnia is troubled once again. Prince Rilian has been captured and put under a deep enchantment. It is up to two friends, Jill and Eustace, to save Narnia...
