by Barb Langridge | Jun 30, 2009 | Action / Adventure
This time Joe, Sam and Fred have time-traveled to Antarctica in 1911 and are joining the expedition of Captain Robert F. Scott on his expedition to the South Pole. As always, they must find The Book in this new time to be able to return home. They’re also looking for...
by Barb Langridge | Jun 30, 2009 | Fiction
Imagine being about to turn thirteen years old and knowing that when you do, your “savvy” will be revealed to you and to those around you. This is exactly the spot where we meet Mibs. Her family, the Beaumonts, all get their “savvy” at age 13. It’s a power that will...
by Barb Langridge | Jun 30, 2009 | Historical Fiction
We’ve all had the units in school where they talk about the economic, social and political impact of slavery in the history of the U.S. This story is a look at slavery through the eyes of thirteen-year-old Isabel and her young “simple” sister, Ruth. Imagine knowing...
by Barb Langridge | Jun 30, 2009 | Historical Fiction
It’s the summer of 1793 in Philadelphia, and Mattie Cook has big plans for the family coffeehouse.Her mother has big plans of marrying Mattie off into a wealthy family, but Mattie has her eye on a young man of her own.Fever is spreading throughout Philadelphia and is...
by Barb Langridge | Jun 29, 2009 | Picture Book
This is a great early reader as well as being a fun, simple picture book. Meet Cowboy and Octopus as they begin their friendship. It will take them through the playground, across a few bowls of well-intended beans, around a couple of knock-knock jokes and to the...
by Barb Langridge | Jun 29, 2009 | Picture Book
Having narrowly escaped the ‘Math Curse,” our valiant hero is now beset with hearing “the poetry of science in everything.” Jon Scieszka had a really wonderful time taking all sorts of familiar poems and re-writing them with humor and science in mind. You may know...
by Barb Langridge | Jun 29, 2009 | Picture Book
And then they lived happily ever after – so ends the fairy tale of the Frog Prince. He has just been kissed by the Princess and has become a handsome prince. This is where our tale begins. Unfortunately, things are not all roses and flies for our Froggy friend and his...
by Barb Langridge | Jun 29, 2009 | Picture Book
It all began the Monday Mrs. Fibonacci said, “You know, you can think of almost everything as a math problem.” After that, everything was a problem. You wake up in the morning and start adding your shirts and counting your teeth and wondering how many flakes are in...
by Barb Langridge | Jun 29, 2009 | Picture Book
We are having fun now. This time Jon Scieszka decides to take many of the well-known fairy tales and write his own versions of them with his signature humor and zaniness. We all know the story of Cinderella and how she’s left at home while everyone else goes off to...
by Barb Langridge | Jun 29, 2009 | Picture Book
Ah, the poor wolf. He is just so misunderstood. You see it all started when he tried to make a cake for his granny, and he ran out of sugar. He just went to visit a few neighbors to borrow some sugar. Unfortunately, he had a cold, which caused him to sneeze and that,...
