by Barb Langridge | Jan 29, 2024 | Graphic Novel / Comics / Manga
Discover the magic of the wilderness in this breathtaking graphic novel reminiscent of The Secret Garden. Poppy’s mother hasn’t been the same since Gran passed away. She stays inside and watches TV, unable to leave the couch. So maybe that’s why Poppy has started...
by Barb Langridge | Jan 28, 2024 | Graphic Non-Fiction
In their comics debut, Theo Parish masterfully weaves an intimate and defiantly hopeful memoir about the journey one nonbinary person takes to find a home within themself. Combining traditional comics with organic journal-like interludes, Theo takes us through their...
by Barb Langridge | Jan 28, 2024 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
Dear Wendy’s Sophie and Jo, two aromantic and asexual college students, engage in an online feud while unknowingly becoming friends in real life, in this dual POV Young Adult contemporary debut from Ann Zhao Sophie Chi is in her first year of college (though her...
by Barb Langridge | Jan 28, 2024 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
Dumplin’ meets Daisy Jones & the Six in this split-POV love song to country idols, romantic road trips, and queer love. They say never meet your idols. But nothing about digging up their deepest secrets. Seventeen-year-old aspiring journalist Darren...
by Barb Langridge | Jan 28, 2024 | Non-Fiction
The unlikely true story of why we know the name William Shakespeare today, and the four-hundred-year-old book that made it possible. Four hundred years ago, no one bothered to write down the exact words of stage plays. Characters’ lines were scribbled on small rolls...
by Barb Langridge | Jan 28, 2024 | Non-Fiction
Fascinating “Why” questions about animals, and plenty of new ones, take center stage in the latest book by Caldecott Honor–winning duo Steve Jenkins and Robin Page. Do you know why a camel has a hump? A Zebra has stripes? Or why wombats have cube-shaped...
by Barb Langridge | Jan 28, 2024 | Picture Book
Using “The House That Jack Built” rhyme scheme and beginning with the planting of a single seed, the journey of bringing a pumpkin to harvest comes to life for young readers. Under Molly’s watchful eye and care, each stage of growth–from the...
by Barb Langridge | Jan 28, 2024 | Non-Fiction
This paper-cut book brings anatomy to life! Paper World: Human Body uses ingenious paper cut-outs to reveal the wonders of the human body, from taking a closer look at the inner workings of your brain to following the journey of a single bite of food through the...
by Barb Langridge | Jan 28, 2024 | Non-Fiction
Grizzlies are one of North America’s most iconic wildlife species. They once roamed across half the continent, but today the grizzly population has declined at an alarming rate and it is incredibly difficult to rebuild those numbers, especially in places with a lot of...
by Barb Langridge | Jan 28, 2024 | Non-Fiction
From award-winning author Annette Bay Pimentel and illustrator Madison Safer, Before Colors is an oversize nonfiction picture book exploring pigments and dyes made from natural sources—across time and around the world. Colors don’t come out of nothing. They always...
