by Barb Langridge | Feb 12, 2023 | Picture Book
With bold, colorful graphics and poetic rhyme, this is a stunning tribute to every kind of hair, perfect for fans of Hair Love. Covered hair, Bun Hair, Party Hair… No matter your hair—YOU are welcome anywhere! Author and lifestyle blogger, LaTonya Yvette makes her...
by Barb Langridge | Feb 12, 2023 | Non-Fiction
Migration is a natural, human act―seeking food, shelter, and comfortable environments is essential for survival. With the existence of national borders, migration becomes immigration―an intensely political issue. Immigration and the history of America are inextricably...
by Barb Langridge | Feb 12, 2023 | Graphic Novel / Comics / Manga
Emma, Lily, and Fadila want to save the planet . . . but no one around them seems to care. Frustrated, they name themselves the Green Girls, take to social media, and launch a series of bold protests. Alongside their classmate and aspiring Green Girl Silas, the crew...
by Barb Langridge | Feb 12, 2023 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
Eighteen-year-old Del is in a healthier place than she was a year and a half ago: She’s sober, getting treatment for her depression and anxiety, and volunteering at a suicide-prevention hotline. Her own suicide attempt is in the past, and living in San Francisco with...
by Barb Langridge | Feb 12, 2023 | Non-Fiction
Meet Hungarian American biochemist Katalin “Kati” Kariko. She became fascinated by science as a child and grew up determined to find a way to use messenger RNA―a copy of a part of DNA that provides cells with instructions to make proteins―to help fight...
by Barb Langridge | Feb 12, 2023 | Non-Fiction
This powerful story is told from the collective perspective of the children who were rescued from Czechoslovakia on the eve of World War II, as Hitler’s campaign of hatred toward Jews and political dissidents took hold. The narrative starts in 1938 and follows...
by Barb Langridge | Feb 12, 2023 | Non-Fiction
Discover the true story of an orphaned mallard duckling being raised by a pair of loons. On a lake in northern Wisconsin in 2019, loon researchers were surprised to discover a mother and father loon caring for a mallard duckling. Normally loons and mallards live very...
by Barb Langridge | Feb 12, 2023 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
Twelve-year-old Enly Wu Lewis is determined to go to band camp and follow in the footsteps of his musician father, who died years ago. But his mom, a single parent working two jobs, is saving every penny for his older brother’s college tuition. So Enly sets out...
by Barb Langridge | Feb 12, 2023 | Non-Fiction
Who do you think of when you imagine a climate scientist? Maybe a biologist? Or a chemist? But economists study the climate too! Meet fourteen different scientists who are working to solve the climate crisis and the surprising ways they are doing it. Along with...
by Barb Langridge | Feb 11, 2023 | Fantasy
In this all-new novel from the world of Dhonielle Clayton’s sweeping, lush Belles series, rebellious, outspoken, fan-favorite Edel Beauregard enters the Beauty Trials―a deadly competition to find the next Queen of Orléans. Sophia, the dangerous and erratic former...
