by Barb Langridge | Mar 22, 2023 | Picture Book
Nimbus learns how to weather her cloudy moods and accept help from her best friend, Kelp, in this charming and gently encouraging picture book companion to the New York Times bestselling Not Quite Narwhal and Perfectly Pegasus. Nimbus has so much fun being Kelp’s...
by Barb Langridge | Mar 22, 2023 | Picture Book
Bitsy is a little bat with big star dreams of making friends at her new school. But when she arrives, Bitsy doesn’t feel like she fits in. The other kids sit on their chairs, but sitting upright makes Bitsy dizzy. The other kids paint with their fingers, but Bitsy...
by Barb Langridge | Mar 22, 2023 | Picture Book
In this moving, hope-filled picture book about loss, love, and family, a little girl grieving the death of her father discovers that she can take the loved ones she’s lost with her on all her future journeys. Every night, a little girl and her daddy build dreams out...
by Barb Langridge | Mar 22, 2023 | Picture Book
A quiet girl overwhelmed by her rambunctious family finds a magical land of solitude only to discover what truly makes a home a home in this lively and magical bilingual picture book that reimagines the beloved Caribbean folktale “La Cucaracha Martina.” Martina does...
by Barb Langridge | Mar 22, 2023 | Picture Book
A little girl finds a lost dinosaur baby roaming the halls of a museum and is determined to give it a home in this sweet and charming picture book. Penny feels certain that something is following her down the hall as she walks with her class through the Natural...
by Barb Langridge | Mar 22, 2023 | Picture Book
An egret and a rhinoceros navigate the ups and downs of their symbiotic relationship—which is more like a friendship!—in this warm and witty book from bestselling author-illustrator Mark Teague. In a not-so-simple symbiotic friendship between two pals, Egret does his...
by Barb Langridge | Mar 22, 2023 | Picture Book
This nonfiction picture book tells the true story of four sisters who used their skills and creativity to bring storybook houses from their childhood fairy tales to life in 1930s Southern California. Mildred, Harriet, Brenda, and Wilma Moody grew up reading classic...
by Barb Langridge | Mar 22, 2023 | Picture Book
Celebrate the beauty of the natural world in this meditative picture book encouraging mindfulness, gratitude, and love for the environment—featuring illustrations painted on actual wood. Can you hug a forest? Of course you can. First you hug the air: open your arms,...
by Barb Langridge | Mar 22, 2023 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
Whoa- the first 37 pages of this book will blow you away. You know the secrets about ourselves that we hold inside where no one can see them? Well, Jarrett Lerner is about to write down exactly what his secret looks like and it’s going to make you feel...
by Barb Langridge | Mar 22, 2023 | Mystery
Two teens uncover a secret hidden in the Cascade Mountains that spans generations, stringing together family skeletons, lost stories, and a discovery of love and self in this tense and emotional young adult thriller. Cara is on the cusp of adventure. Unlike her best...
