by Barb Langridge | Oct 29, 2009 | Fantasy
Harry awoke in the dark cupboard under the stairs. The tiny closet is his bedroom in his aunt and uncle’s house. He brushed the spiders from his hand-me-down clothes and reached for his glasses. Soon it would be Harry’s eleventh birthday. He doesn’t...
by Barb Langridge | Oct 29, 2009 | Fantasy
Narnia is the great land beyond our own where animals talk, mice fight great wars, and the land is vulnerable to evil enchantments. Siblings Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy stumble into this world through a magical wardrobe on a rainy afternoon in England. It...
by Barb Langridge | Oct 29, 2009 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
Written in journal entries/letters, this is the amusing and heartfelt journey of a teenage girl who is touring Europe with her mother. She has been given four must-do’s by her best friend and she’s keeping them in mind while she’s enduring the trials...
by Barb Langridge | Oct 29, 2009 | Historical Fiction
Little Leap Forward is an eight-year-old boy with a great imagination growing up in China. He sees the bees dance and he imagines that his silkworms dance to. He is on the journey to find out who he is. His journey is set in modern day China and Little Leap Forward is...
by Barb Langridge | Oct 29, 2009 | Non-Fiction
St. George and Small, the Caldecott Medal-winning team who created So You Want to Be President?, are back with another spirited and witty look at history-this time focusing on the inventors and inventions who have given us lightbulbs, automobiles, and all the other...
by Barb Langridge | Oct 29, 2009 | Non-Fiction
So you want to be an explorer? What does it take, you ask? To find out, take a look at Judith St. George and David Small’s witty collection of some of the best explorers the world has ever known.You know Marco Polo and Christopher Columbus, but what about Mary...
by Barb Langridge | Oct 29, 2009 | Science Fiction
The daring game of intergalactic chase that thrilled a generation of science fiction readers in Interstellar Pig has started again, and round two is deadly! This sequel to William Sleator’s sly masterpiece takes readers on another hunt for the sinister Piggy,...
by Barb Langridge | Oct 29, 2009 | Science Fiction
Sixteen year old Barney is spending a week in a New England beach cottage with his parents. He’s pretty bored until three new neighbors, Zena, Manny and Joe rent the smaller cottage next door. Being a naturally curious guy, Barney wants to get to know the new...
by Barb Langridge | Oct 29, 2009 | Suspense / Thriller / Horror
Danny first has a feeling that he’s experienced something strange when he’s walking home on a cold, snowy night in Canada. He’s pretty sure it was a large animal. But, what kind of an animal? Danny and his Dad live a solitary, bachelor life since Mom...
by Barb Langridge | Oct 29, 2009 | Humor
If you have a young reader who is still learning to read and is having a really hard time finding the right book, I have some good news for you. The wild and crazy Andy Griffiths who writes the Butt books, has written two early readers. This one contains ten short...
