by Barb Langridge | Oct 3, 2022 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
Last Night at the Telegraph Club author Malinda Lo returns to the Bay Area with another masterful queer coming-of-age story, this time set against the backdrop of the first major Supreme Court decisions legalizing gay marriage. Aria Tang West was looking forward to a...
by Barb Langridge | Oct 3, 2022 | Historical Fiction
Let’s step back in time and head to California in 1965. We are migrant workers and our life is hard. When we head out into the field to pick grapes for growers, the work is back-breaking. We are barely paid enough money for our family to live on and it turns...
by Barb Langridge | Oct 3, 2022 | Non-Fiction
The Boy Who Never Gave Up is the inspiring true story of NBA superstar Stephen Curry. This Fully illustrated picture book biography tells the story of a young boy who many said was too short to play in high school, too weak to play in college and not good enough to...
by Barb Langridge | Oct 3, 2022 | Picture Book
Stephen Curry’s journey to the NBA wasn’t easy. Coaches and recruiters repeatedly told him he was too small to make it in the big leagues. But Stephen used their doubts to shape his ever-positive attitude and fuel his own underdog success story. Now, Curry pens an...
by Barb Langridge | Oct 3, 2022 | Picture Book
From Academy Award–winning actress, founder, and bestselling author, Reese Witherspoon, comes Busy Betty, a story about a creative, curious, and exuberant young girl who has big plans and an even bigger heart. Busy Betty has always been busy . . . even when she was...
by Barb Langridge | Oct 3, 2022 | Non-Fiction
In her debut picture book, professional Indigenous dancer Ria Thundercloud tells the true story of her path to dance and how it helped her take pride in her Native American heritage. At four years old, Ria Thundercloud was brought into the powwow circle, ready to...
by Barb Langridge | Oct 2, 2022 | Historical Fiction
In 1857 India, 12-year-old Meera escapes a life she has no say in–and certain death on her husband’s funeral pyre–only to end up a servant to a British general in the East India Company. When a rebellion against British colonizers spreads, she must...
by Barb Langridge | Oct 2, 2022 | Fiction
In this standalone sequel to Willis Wilbur Wows the World, Willis wants to be the best life coach his school has ever seen. And he knows exactly how to make that happen: by creating the first-ever life-coaching app. Nine-year-old Willis Wilbur is beyond excited to go...
by Barb Langridge | Oct 2, 2022 | Fantasy
Immerse yourself in this fast-paced middle-grade fantasy about magic ink, a secret society, and a boy who yearns to make his mark. When their father goes missing after a mysterious train crash, Everett and his little sister Bea find a curious pen in his belongings,...
by Barb Langridge | Oct 2, 2022 | Fantasy
2021 Pura Belpré Honor Book NYPL Best Book of 2020 2020 Evanston Public Library Great Books for Kids In this magical middle-grade debut novel from Adrianna Cuevas, The Total Eclipse of Nestor Lopez, a Cuban American boy must use his secret ability to communicate with...
