by Barb Langridge | Mar 23, 2024 | Non-Fiction
This biography of basketball superstar Jeremy Lin is an anthem of Asian American pride that speaks to any child who feels underestimated or misunderstood. If Lin can, you can! Have you ever been told that you CAN’T? Growing up in the Bay Area, Jeremy Lin heard that...
by Barb Langridge | Mar 23, 2024 | Picture Book
A powerful and poetic picture book about Black history in the United States, from the shores of Africa and slavery, to the civil rights and Black Lives Matter movements. With stunning lyricism reminiscent of traditional African spirituals and today’s rhythm and...
by Barb Langridge | Mar 23, 2024 | Humor
Fee, fi, fo, FUN! It’s story time again at Hickleberry Elementary with Stinky the stuffed skunk—and this time the class is reading the classic Jack and the Beanstalk! Everyone knows the story ends with the giant falling from the sky, but only Stinky knows what...
by Barb Langridge | Mar 23, 2024 | Picture Book
A reimagined edition of A Rose, a Bridge, and a Wild Black Horse—the classic picture book by a legendary author and a beloved illustrator, about a girl and her mother, with themes of growing up, dreams, and letting go. A girl declares all the things she’ll do for her...
by Barb Langridge | Mar 23, 2024 | Graphic Novel / Comics / Manga
From the cloud-gazing hours of early spring to the lost bicycles of late autumn, Grant Snider’s brilliantly illustrated Poetry Comics will take you climbing, floating, swimming, and tumbling through all the year’s ups, downs, and in-betweens. He proves that absolutely...
by Barb Langridge | Mar 23, 2024 | Picture Book
A touch-and-feel board book starring the New York Times #1 bestselling Little Blue Truck! Soft and wooly, shiny and smooth…this Little Blue Truck book for the youngest fan provides fun and sensory exploration, while gently sharing that we don’t have to be the same to...
by Barb Langridge | Mar 23, 2024 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
Secrets, rumors, shifting friendships, overbearing parents, and, on top of all that, a first dance—how does anyone survive seventh grade? Told from dual points of view, this novel about two tweens finding their voices and standing up for themselves is for fans of Lisa...
by Barb Langridge | Mar 23, 2024 | Picture Book
A tender portrait of family that celebrates both the beauty and the chaos of life with young children—perfect for Mother’s Day and as a new-baby gift year-round! The days are long, but when I’m with you, I blink and the years fly by. From sunrise to nightfall,...
by Barb Langridge | Mar 23, 2024 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
Maya Van Wagenen, bestselling author of Popular, tells Dolores’s story with humor, heartache, and an occasional bit of telenovela flair. Dolores Mendoza is not thriving. She was recently diagnosed with a chronic bladder condition called interstitial cystitis. The...
by Barb Langridge | Mar 23, 2024 | Fiction
From the UK Children’s Laureate comes a spellbinding YA novel in verse blending the ancient myth of Theseus and the Minotaur with the quest of a modern-day teen in search of his father. Theo, a seventeen-year-old London schoolboy with a single mother, is desperate to...
