by Barb Langridge | Jul 17, 2009 | Historical Fiction
She barely knew her mother and father. Her brother died on the train going to the foster family. It’s 1939 and Liesel, age nine, has arrived at the home of her foster family in a working-class neighborhood. Her foster father is kind and compassionate. Her...
by Barb Langridge | Jul 9, 2009 | Action / Adventure
“Following a wild and raging storm, the Swiss family Robinson are stranded at sea. But the thundering waves have swept them off to a tropical island, where a new life awaits them. Their ship is laden with supplies and the island is packed with treasures, so they...
by Barb Langridge | Jun 30, 2009 | Non-Fiction
Everyone knows that we send our astronauts out into space, but how many people know that an aquanaut goes deep into the ocean? You’ve heard of the International Space Station, but do you know about the Tektite Laboratory, an underwater space station? Join Dr. Sylvia...
by Barb Langridge | Jun 30, 2009 | Poetry
How many of our children know the name Basho? Probably very few, and yet he is one of Japan’s best-loved poets. This is a simple tale of Basho’s journey throughout Japan, laced with his haiku and the delicate drawings of Demi. It’s an exquisite glimpse for our...
by Barb Langridge | Jun 30, 2009 | Poetry
You know, I worked at an independent children’s bookstore for about nine years and in that time a few books stood out for me. This is one of those books. The poems are short and are about different things in nature. They’re about the moon or symmetry or a song. The...
by Barb Langridge | Jun 30, 2009 | Picture Book
by Barb Langridge | Jun 30, 2009 | Fiction
Our connection to the natural world is celebrated in this story of thirteen-year-old Charlie and his raven, Blue Sky. Charlie’s grandfather is ill and Charlie wants to help him through some of the old Indian ways. He raises a raven, Blue Sky, and as time passes,...
by Barb Langridge | Jun 30, 2009 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
Winner of the 1973 Newbery Medal Thirteen-year-old Julie is lost and alone on the frozen tundra when she realizes she has been circling the same area for days. She had set out for San Francisco to escape a bleak situation with only a knapsack and a few borrowed items...
by Barb Langridge | Jun 30, 2009 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
This is the second book in the Julie of the Wolves trilogy. Julie’s story continues and her involvement with her beloved wolves takes on new directions as she needs to sort out her own connections to family and community and her drive to protect the wolf family she...
