by Barb Langridge | May 4, 2024 | Graphic Novel
First in a full-color graphic novel series for emerging readers about accepting yourself and others from up-and-coming author-illustrator Meggie Ramm, creator of the comic strip The Littlest Dungeon Guard and cohost of the Pop! Whiz! Bang! comics podcast. Batcat loves...
by Barb Langridge | May 4, 2024 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
Sixth-grader Rory’s story of his impossible-to-hide speech challenge and middle-school drama is perfect for fans of Sharon Draper’s Out of My Mind. Rory still can’t say his r’s, but that’s just the beginning of his troubles. First...
by Barb Langridge | May 4, 2024 | Picture Book
This big-hearted story of kindness—reminiscent of The Day the Crayons Quit—is written by the bestselling author of Ordinary People Change the World and illustrated by the Caldecott Medal-winning creator of Beekle. Sunday quit, just like that. She said she was tired of...
by Barb Langridge | May 3, 2024 | Picture Book
This sweet book teaches children 3–7 the simple and profound power of self-compassion through simple affirmations that can be repeated when things are hard. All too often kids get down on themselves when they experience things that make them sad, angry, guilty, or...
by Barb Langridge | May 3, 2024 | Picture Book
An emotionally unaware tornado carves a path of destruction until it picks up a very empathetic cow in this quirky and sweet picture book about compassion and navigating negative emotions. Tornado is on a rampage. It tosses cars and knocks over barns. Tornado is also...
by Barb Langridge | May 3, 2024 | Non-Fiction
Until now, you’ve only heard one side of the story, but Chinese American history extends far beyond the railroads. Here’s the true story of America, from the Chinese American perspective. A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection If you’ve...
by Barb Langridge | May 3, 2024 | Non-Fiction
Until now, you’ve only heard one side of the story, about migrants crossing borders, drawn to the promise of a better life. In reality, Mexicans were on this land long before any borders existed. Here’s the true story of America, from the Mexican American...
by Barb Langridge | May 3, 2024 | Non-Fiction
Until now, you’ve only heard one side of the story: how slavery began, and how America split itself in two to end it. Here’s the true story of America from the African American perspective. From the moment Africans were first brought to the shores of the...
by Barb Langridge | May 3, 2024 | Non-Fiction
Until now, you’ve only heard one side of the story: the “discovery” of America told by Christopher Columbus, the Pilgrims, and the Colonists. Here’s the true story of America from the Indigenous perspective. When you think about the beginning...
by Barb Langridge | May 3, 2024 | Non-Fiction
The true story of a girl whose mastery of a domestic art propelled her to the elite NASA sisterhood who shielded the space shuttle astronauts from heat and radiation. Did you know that the white material on the outside of space shuttles was not metal or glass but...
