by Barb Langridge | Apr 11, 2024 | Picture Book
Kids have big feelings, but none of their feelings are too big for God. In this picture book from licensed counselor Michelle Nietert and Tama Fortner, young readers will explore what it means to feel their sadness and discover how to manage their emotions in a...
by Barb Langridge | Apr 11, 2024 | Non-Fiction
A comprehensive and spirited exploration of Asian American history—its movements, cultures, and key figures—beautifully illustrated and compellingly told for readers of all ages. Co-authors Cathy Linh Che and Kyle Lucia Wu take us on a journey through stories of...
by Barb Langridge | Apr 11, 2024 | Historical Fiction
Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read. Things Fall Apart is the first of three novels in Chinua Achebe’s critically acclaimed African Trilogy. It is a classic narrative about Africa’s cataclysmic encounter with...
by Barb Langridge | Apr 11, 2024 | Fantasy
From acclaimed author Makiia Lucier, a dazzling, romantic fantasy inspired by Pacific Island mythology. In the old tales, it is written that the egg of a seadragon, dragonfruit, holds within it the power to undo a person’s greatest sorrow. An unwanted marriage,...
by Barb Langridge | Apr 9, 2024 | Fantasy
A teenager on the run from his past finds the family he never knew existed and the community he never knew he needed at an HBCU for the young, Black, and magical. Enroll in this fresh fantasy debut unlike anything you’ve seen before. Ten years ago, Malik’s...
by Barb Langridge | Apr 9, 2024 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
A moving story about a young girl and her family who are forced to flee their beloved home after violence erupts all around them, and their journey to make a new sense of home. One day someone asks me, Where is home? And I don’t know what to say. Is home here or...
by Barb Langridge | Apr 9, 2024 | Non-Fiction
A stirring picture book biography of one of Latin America’s most beloved singers and political activists, Mercedes Sosa. Have you ever heard a song that made your heart soar? A canción that captured your corazón? A voice so powerful that it made you feel ready...
by Barb Langridge | Apr 9, 2024 | Graphic Novel
Sayam has always been different from other kids―he’s very short for his age, his best friend is a monkey, and most curious of all: he was born from an egg! His grandmother, a witch, found him and taught him all the ancient magic she uses to help her people. So when a...
by Barb Langridge | Apr 8, 2024 | Non-Fiction
In this memoir for young readers, Olympic champion runner Caster Semenya reflects on her groundbreaking career and her fight for identity in professional sports. Caster Semenya is a two-time Olympic gold medalist and a three-time world champion in track from South...
by Barb Langridge | Apr 8, 2024 | Picture Book
From U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón and Caldecott Honoree Peter Sís: a transcendent picture book featuring the poem that will travel into space aboard NASA’s Europa Clipper. As part of her tenure as U.S. poet laureate, Ada Limón has written “In Praise of Mystery,” which...
