by Barb Langridge | Jul 30, 2023 | Non-Fiction
The past is not past. We may think something ancient history, or something that doesn’t affect our present day, but we would be wrong. Those Who Saw the Sun is a collection of oral histories told by Black people who grew up in the South during the time of Jim Crow....
by Barb Langridge | Jul 30, 2023 | Picture Book
A young child learns that even superheroes hurt too in this heartrending story about loss and love, written by debut author Kevin Johnson and illustrated by #1 New York Times bestselling illustrator Kitt Thomas. When a child loses the person in his life that he loves...
by Barb Langridge | Jul 30, 2023 | Picture Book
Buster is back! NASCAR legend and New York Times bestselling author Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s second children’s book features an entertaining off-road adventure story that teaches kids how to handle difficult emotions, starring the lovable Buster the race car!...
by Barb Langridge | Jul 30, 2023 | Picture Book
From beloved, bestselling children’s book icons, R.L. Stine and Marc Brown, comes a storybook filled with hilariously spooky jokes and fun-loving monsters that will have everyone giggling! Why did the monster cross the road? To BITE someone on the other side!...
by Barb Langridge | Jul 30, 2023 | Picture Book
This rhyming picture book portrays an overwhelming day in the life of a girl with sensory processing disorder. Gutiérrez’s own familiarity with sensory overload and her work as a teacher-librarian at a school for diverse learners informs the text, and Chang’s...
by Barb Langridge | Jul 30, 2023 | Non-Fiction
A riveting true story about dreams, dedication, and an amazing robot named Stinky, based on Joshua Davis’ New York Times bestseller and now adapted for young readers by bestselling Mexican American author Reyna Grande. In 2004, four undocumented Mexican...
by Barb Langridge | Jul 29, 2023 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
Four kids meet at an airport for one unforgettable night in this middle-grade novel by four bestselling and award-winning authors—Aisha Saeed, Huda Al-Marashi, Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow, and S. K. Ali. When a thunderstorm grounds all flights following a huge Muslim...
by Barb Langridge | Jul 29, 2023 | Action / Adventure
2024 Newbery Medal Winner NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the award-winning author of The Every and the illustrator behind the beloved picture book Her Right Foot comes an endearing and beautifully illustrated story of a dog who unwittingly becomes a hero to a park...
by Barb Langridge | Jul 29, 2023 | Picture Book
Lately I have been searching through piles and piles of picture books in search of childhood. So I am beyond delighted to tell you… yayyyyy…I found childhood … it’s here in this story and these ILLUSTRATIONS in this charming dinosaur tale...
by Barb Langridge | Jul 27, 2023 | Picture Book
An emotional and tender award-winning picture book that accessibly explores depression within a family, through the use of color. I’ve always been my dad’s little sunspot. But one day, his world was no longer bright and yellow—it was a deep, dark blue. As...
