by Barb Langridge | Nov 15, 2023 | Picture Book
A slightly overcomplicated and highly hilarious guide to making a peanut butter sandwich with all your critter friends It’s lunchtime, and all the animals are hungry. In fact, you’re feeling hungry too, and you know exactly what to make―delicious peanut butter...
by Barb Langridge | Nov 15, 2023 | Picture Book
A heartwarming celebration of Ramadan, food, and community Ramadan is coming, and as Abba and Ammi prepare for their month-long fast, Aliya hugs a secret to her chest: she’s going to fast too! Ammi says she’s still too young to fast, but Aliya is determined. At...
by Barb Langridge | Nov 15, 2023 | Fantasy
In this fast-paced, thrilling middle grade fantasy rooted in Tagalog mythology, a young Filipino girl discovers realms beyond our own full of monsters and gods, a terrible evil who wants her magic, and even a talking duck! The first book in a duology from Gail D....
by Barb Langridge | Nov 15, 2023 | Short Stories
In these hilarious stories by some of the top authors of middle grade fiction today, each young character is coping with a minor superpower—while also discovering their power to change themselves and their community, find their voice, and celebrate what makes them...
by Barb Langridge | Nov 15, 2023 | Fantasy
From Newbery Honor and Walter Award–winning author Rajani LaRocca comes a gripping middle grade fantasy perfect for fans of The Serpent’s Secret and The Last Mapmaker. Though music is outlawed in the land of Devia, Sona hears it everywhere. Sona is a Malech, a member...
by Barb Langridge | Nov 15, 2023 | Mystery
From the award-winning author of The Troubled Girls of Dragomir Academy comes an unforgettable and deeply personal story of the ghosts that surround us—and the ones we carry inside. The house seemed to sit apart from the others on Katydid Street, silent and alone,...
by Barb Langridge | Nov 15, 2023 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
From Gordon Korman, the New York Times bestselling author of Restart, comes a hilarious new story about a group of underdogs who come together when they are forced to attend summer school—for failing PE. Yash is the best athlete at Robinette Middle School—so good, in...
by Barb Langridge | Nov 15, 2023 | Non-Fiction
Just in time for the 2024 Summer Olympics, here is a dramatic and inspiring autobiographical tale of overcoming odds by Native American gold medalist Billy Mills, with stunning illustrations by acclaimed Lakota artist SD Nelson, for fans of books like The Proudest...
by Barb Langridge | Nov 15, 2023 | Picture Book
A heartwarming book from creators of Indigenous and Métis descent about the power of story and tradition to help navigate change How does a strange new place become home? When Ojiig moves to the city with his family, he misses everything they left behind. Most of all,...
by Barb Langridge | Nov 15, 2023 | Non-Fiction
It can be hard to find the words to describe the icky feelings that seem to come from nowhere and sap all your joy and energy. You can tell that your brain just isn’t pulling off the same tasks as others, and you’re constantly bouncing between feeling...
