by Barb Langridge | May 12, 2024 | Fantasy
Packed with doodles and cartoons, here is the diary of Loki as he’s trapped on earth as a petulant eleven-year-old—and even worse, annoying thunder god Thor is there, too. After one prank too many, trickster god Loki has been banished to live as a kid on Earth. If he...
by Barb Langridge | May 12, 2024 | Fantasy
In a world of dragons, song spells, pipers and battles… Patch Brightwater is a boy in disgrace. Thrown in jail for playing a forbidden spell, he is no one’s idea of a hero. But then he discovers a deadly truth – the evil Piper of Hamelyn is on the...
by Barb Langridge | May 12, 2024 | Picture Book
For fans of The Boss Baby and Mustache Baby comes a laugh-out-loud picture book about quiet parents who unexpectedly bring home a baby that’s a heavy metal sensation! The Mumfords are a quiet family. They live on a quiet street and enjoy quiet things. So imagine their...
by Barb Langridge | May 11, 2024 | Non-Fiction
What happens when two massive hunks of hurtling space debris slam into each other? Welcome to round one in the Cosmic Collisions series—an exciting children’s debut from an expert astrophysicist. There’s a comet speeding in from the outer solar system, and it’s about...
by Barb Langridge | May 11, 2024 | Picture Book
Every great adventure needs a hero—or two! This playful take on storytelling and equity proves that two tellers can make a rhyming tale twice as nice. What do you do with an interrupting sibling? Especially when she’s stepping all over your story with wild ideas...
by Barb Langridge | May 11, 2024 | Non-Fiction
Based on a true story, this out-of-this-world picture book follows the exciting scientific journey of a chica and a chinita with sky-high aspirations—perfect for fans of Mae Among the Stars and What Miss Mitchell Saw. Natalia is a chica, an ambitious girl with dreams...
by Barb Langridge | May 11, 2024 | Picture Book
In the tradition of Tomie dePaola’s Quiet, this lyrical, timely picture book with beautiful diorama illustrations shows that if you really look, you never know what the world might give you to see. The natural world is full of patterns to enjoy for those who can...
by Barb Langridge | May 11, 2024 | Historical Fiction
Follow Penelope the pug in the second book of this delightful series set in Regency-era London! Penelope the pug is completely content in her new forever home with Lady Diggleton. So when her beloved owner receives an invitation to meet the Queen at Windsor Castle—and...
by Barb Langridge | May 11, 2024 | Historical Fiction
Meet Penelope the pug in the first book of this delightful series set in Regency-era London! Penelope is a pleasant little pug who has quite the quandary: All she can remember is that she lost her Lady in the park while chasing the most dreadful squirrel. Now she...
by Barb Langridge | May 10, 2024 | Fiction
Bear and Bird are best friends, and they spend a lot of time together. They don’t always understand each other, but both agree that all they want is for their friend to be happy. So when Bear forgets the most important thing to pack for a picnic (but pretends that he...
