by Barb Langridge | Mar 27, 2024 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
An anxious aspiring filmmaker bands together with an unlikely friend group to protect their beloved state animal in this heartwarming contemporary middle grade novel perfect for fans of Jamie Sumner and Erin Entrada Kelly. Twelve-year-old Olive Blackwood’s dream is to...
by Barb Langridge | Mar 27, 2024 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
A young girl thrives in her big and chaotic family in this zany and exhilarating Level 1 Ready-to-Read! Meet May! May is part of a rambunctious and loving family of ten (plus one giant drooling dog). May and her seven siblings run amok and make a mess doing the...
by Barb Langridge | Mar 27, 2024 | Fantasy
336 pages 9781665952446 Keywords: fantasy and magic, Africa, action/adventure, superpowers, part of a series, main character female, 8 year old, 9 year old, 10 year old, 11 year old, 12 year old, boarding school, England
by Barb Langridge | Mar 27, 2024 | Picture Book
An inclusive and diverse celebration of the joys of preparing to welcome a child and the importance of community and family. Many special people are involved in welcoming a new child into a family: parents, grandparents, siblings, friends, surrogates, midwives,...
by Barb Langridge | Mar 27, 2024 | Fiction
This book in Caldecott medalist Matthew Cordell’s bestselling early reader series tells a story about championship-level teamwork. Poppy LOVES shiny new racing gear. Cornbread does not. Poppy ADORES top secret master plans. Cornbread does not. Poppy IS super...
by Barb Langridge | Mar 27, 2024 | Picture Book
The world needs help to keep it clean. / It’s Dino-Earth Day . . . let’s go green! Upbeat rhyming verse from Lisa Wheeler and playful illustrations from Barry Gott present many different ways to take care of the planet. The dinos ride bikes and scooters,...
by Barb Langridge | Mar 26, 2024 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
For fans of Donna Barba Higuera’s Lupe Wong Won’t Dance and Aida Salazar’s The Moon Within, comes Mani Semilla Finds Her Quetzal Voice – a contemporary middle grade novel full of spunk and activist heart. Life sucks when you’re twelve....
by Barb Langridge | Mar 26, 2024 | Picture Book
Here is a book to celebrate firsts. That first magical day of spring, when it seems the whole world is bursting with life. That first time bursting out of your house after being cooped up for SO long. Your first time on the swingset. Your first time seeing a...
by Barb Langridge | Mar 26, 2024 | Picture Book
Al comienzo de todo, los viejos nos cuentan, el cosmos estaba callado y quieto. Solo la luna brillaba redonda en la vasta y estrellada oscuridad del cielo.David Álvarez es uno de los artistas más extraordinarios de la actualidad. Sus ilustraciones en blanco y negro le...
by Barb Langridge | Mar 26, 2024 | Graphic Non-Fiction
FREEMAN BOOK AWARD WINNER An incredible true story in graphic novel form that lays bare the tortured and triumphant history of Taiwan, an island claimed and fought over by many countries, through the life story of a man who lived through its most turbulent times. Part...
