by Barb Langridge | Apr 7, 2024 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
A Korean American teen tries to balance her dream to become a chef with the cultural expectations of her family when she enters the competitive world of a TV cooking show. A hilarious and heartfelt YA novel from the award-winning author of Imposter Syndrome and Other...
by Barb Langridge | Apr 7, 2024 | Suspense / Thriller / Horror
The second book in the Royal Blood series about an American girl who threatens the royal family by exposing their darkest scandals—even as they get more sinister. American girl turned monarchy nightmare, Evan Bright, has gotten used to the press about her but the...
by Barb Langridge | Apr 5, 2024 | Picture Book
In this companion to the bestselling nonfiction picture book Harlem Grown about the real-life urban community farm featured on Humans of New York, it’s harvest time for the employees and volunteers that tend the lush garden. Mr. Tony and Nevaeh, a student, planted a...
by Barb Langridge | Apr 5, 2024 | Picture Book
The third book in the Nôhkom series, in Cree and English, tells a story about gathering leaves for Labrador tea, while listening in different ways. A child, her family and her friend have arrived at their favorite picnic spot by the lake, but before they eat lunch...
by Barb Langridge | Apr 4, 2024 | Fantasy
Before she was the super hero Storm of Marvel’s X-Men, she was Ororo of Cairo—a teenaged thief on the streets of Egypt, until her growing powers catch the eye of a villain who steals people’s souls. An epic origin story that will blow you away, from...
by Barb Langridge | Apr 3, 2024 | Graphic Non-Fiction
The Bodyguard Unit: Edith Garrud, Women’s Suffrage, and Jujitsu – by Clément Xavier (text), Lisa Lugrin (art) & Albertine Ralenti (coloring) / Translated from French by Edward Gauvin (Graphic Universe/2023) 136 pages 979-8765607473 Ages 13-17 ...
by Barb Langridge | Apr 3, 2024 | Graphic Non-Fiction
Winner of the 2024 Global Literature in Libraries Initiative Translated Young Adult Book Prize The patriarchy is falling. It’s time to smash it. This graphic novel shows you how. Patriarchy means “the rule of the father” and describes a system where men are in...
by Barb Langridge | Apr 2, 2024 | Picture Book
For fans of The Little Blue Truck, Red Truck and The Little Engine That Could, a rhyming ode to a colorful South American bus and the collective spirit of its people. This joyful and rhyming picture book written by a debut author and illustrated by the beloved creator...
by Barb Langridge | Apr 2, 2024 | Poetry
Nature is beautiful! It’s magnificent! It’s amazing! And it’s also super gross! Fourteen hilariously icky haiku present the grosser side of nature. Check out flamingos that keep cool by pooping on their legs. And butterflies that emerge from oozy...
by Barb Langridge | Apr 2, 2024 | Picture Book
A whimsical rhyming story about how everything is connected and the power of our choices. For children ages 5 years and up. Butterfly bumps into Bumblebee and continues on her merry way . . . unaware that she has set off a chain reaction that turns the once-friendly...