by Barb Langridge | Jan 14, 2024 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
What’s it like to be you and have to do something new? What’s it like to be somebody else and have to do something new? Henry, a sweetheart if ever there was one, has just found out his class is going on a field trip to a musuem that has dinosaurs. Oh the...
by Barb Langridge | Jan 14, 2024 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
Sometimes life explodes in technicolor. In the spirit of Judy Blume, award-winning author Aida Salazar tells it like it is about puberty, hormones, and first love in this hilarious, heartwarming, and highly relatable coming-of-age story. Perfect for fans of Jason...
by Barb Langridge | Jan 14, 2024 | Fantasy
Magic, adventure, and friendship come together in Kwame’s Magic Quest, an action-packed, fully illustrated early chapter book series perfect for fans of Dragon Masters! Pick a book. Grow a Reader! This series is part of Scholastic’s early chapter book...
by Barb Langridge | Jan 13, 2024 | Picture Book
A pen pal picture book companion to the award-winning and bestselling Same, Same but Different—set in the United States and Tanzania—that celebrates the value of compassion, curiosity, and a global community. Tulsi and Vanessa live on separate continents—one in the...
by Barb Langridge | Jan 13, 2024 | Picture Book
In a gentle story from Caldecott Honoree Lauren Castillo, a shy young girl finds exploring her new city and making friends overwhelming—until a rescue dog helps her uncover the bravery that was always in her. A young girl and her mother move to an apartment in a new...
by Barb Langridge | Jan 13, 2024 | Non-Fiction
Discover the complicated history behind the construction of Hoover Dam—one of the country’s most recognizable and far-reaching landmarks—and its lasting political and environmental effects on the Colorado River and the American West. At the time of its completion...
by Barb Langridge | Jan 13, 2024 | Mystery
When Jo-Lynn Kirby ‘s former best friend-pretty, nice Maddie Price-comes to her claiming to be in trouble, Jo assumes it’s some kind of joke. After all, Jo has been an outcast ever since her nude photos were leaked-and since everyone decided she deserved...
by Barb Langridge | Jan 12, 2024 | Picture Book
A friendship blossoms between two children as they pass drawings across the clothesline between their apartment windows in this imaginative picture book about creativity, the power of art, adventure, innovation, and friendship. Between two windows, Kayla and Mateo...
by Barb Langridge | Jan 12, 2024 | Picture Book
A sparkling and tender picture book about all the things that are bright and loving in the world and fill our lives with joy. From caring to hoping to peace to sharing, there are many ways to find joy in the everyday. Celebrate the things that make life wonderful and...
by Barb Langridge | Jan 12, 2024 | Non-Fiction
The latest from acclaimed author Gail Jarrow reveals how magicians—including Harry Houdini and his team of investigators—exposed fake mediums who exploited the vulnerable and gullible in the early twentieth century. After millions of people died during World War I and...
