by Barb Langridge | Jan 13, 2023 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
Tanita S. Davis, author of Partly Cloudy and Serena Says, has written another funny, warm story featuring middle school and family life–all about the complex calculations it takes for everyone to balance the equations of their lives and what it takes to be part...
by Barb Langridge | Jan 13, 2023 | Fantasy
A gripping, richly imagined fantasy set in an alternate ancient African world in which a Black girl finds her power and saves her people from evil, by the Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe New Talent Award-winning author of Black Panther: The Young Prince. In the land...
by Barb Langridge | Jan 13, 2023 | Non-Fiction
Perfect for fans of Hidden Figures and Mae Among the Stars! To Boldly Go tells the true story of Nichelle Nichols and how she used her platform on Star Trek to inspire and recruit a new generation of diverse astronauts and many others in the space and STEM fields. As...
by Barb Langridge | Jan 13, 2023 | Picture Book
Best friends Otter and Beaver both love their stream—but for two completely different reasons! While Otter loves to play in the water, Beaver works hard to build a dam. Hey Otter! Hey Beaver! is a funny and action-packed book about competition, cooperation, and...
by Barb Langridge | Jan 13, 2023 | Picture Book
An affecting picture book from Tameka Fryer Brown and #1 New York Times bestselling illustrator Nikkolas Smith (The 1619 Project: Born on the Water) that challenges the meaning behind the still-waving Confederate flag through the friendship of two young girls who live...
by Barb Langridge | Jan 13, 2023 | Picture Book
A First Folktale from the creators of Magnolia Flower, Zora Neale Hurston and Ibram X. Kendi, about the origin of butterflies. The Creator wuz all finished and thru makin’ de world. But soon, the Creator finds themselves flying through the sky, making gorgeous...
by Barb Langridge | Jan 13, 2023 | Historical Fiction
An interracial friendship between two teenaged girls goes tragically wrong in this powerful historical novel set in the Jim Crow South. For Lamb follows a family striving to better their lives in the late 1930s Jackson, Mississippi. Lamb’s mother is a hard-working,...
by Barb Langridge | Jan 13, 2023 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
This lyrical middle-grade novel-in-verse celebrates the power of story and of finding one’s individual voice. Keet knows the only good thing about moving away from her Alabama home is that she’ll live near her beloved grandfather. When Keet starts school,...
by Barb Langridge | Jan 13, 2023 | Picture Book
This endearing picture book about making the most of any situation is also a heartfelt and meaningful portrait of houselessness that’s just right for young children.Sometimes it’s hard to stay positive: when you live in an old school bus instead of a normal house;...
by Barb Langridge | Jan 12, 2023 | Non-Fiction
Introduce your little ones to the tree-hugging environmentalist, Chico Mendes, in both English and Spanish! Chico Mendes, a Brazilian rubber tapper, trade union leader, and environmentalist, became the leading figure in fighting to preserve the Amazon rainforest. He...
