by Barb Langridge | Dec 16, 2025 | Non-Fiction
A celebration of the dark and all the ways it can heal, comfort, console, and create How do you feel about the dark? Is it creepy or cozy? Eerie or awesome? The dark doesn’t have to be scary. After all, it’s for sleeping, for growing, for healing, and for changing...
by Barb Langridge | Dec 16, 2025 | Non-Fiction
Everyone knows Oskar Schindler and his famous list, but few have heard of Aristides de Sousa Mendes―a Portuguese diplomat who saved the lives of thousands in World War II. This magnificently illustrated picture book biography tells a moving story that resonates...
by Barb Langridge | Dec 16, 2025 | Humor
The first I Can Read in global superstar and everyone’s F-R-I-E-N-D Jennifer Aniston’s series starring her food-loving dog, Clydeo! Clydeo is making peanut butter cookies when his mouth gets stuck shut with peanut butter. He seeks the help of his family, but no one...
by Barb Langridge | Dec 16, 2025 | Picture Book
In the vein of Grumpy Monkey and Unicorns Are the Worst!, this hilarious picture book introduces the adorable quokka, who—despite his ever-present smile—is definitely not as happy as he looks! With its bright eyes, puffy cheeks, and beaming smile, the quokka is...
by Barb Langridge | Dec 16, 2025 | Poetry
From Sydney Taylor Award winner and National Jewish Book Award honoree Laurel Snyder comes a warm, reverential, surprising, and fresh story of one very special Hanukkah. In a dark, dark room, one thin candle wakes, bursts to life Thus begins the first night of...
by Barb Langridge | Dec 16, 2025 | Non-Fiction
The bestselling and Sibert Honor–winning creators of The Book of Turtles bring us the true story of a snapping turtle’s extraordinary journey—and the amazing conservationists who helped give him a second chance. This feel-good, gorgeously illustrated story about...
by Barb Langridge | Dec 14, 2025 | Non-Fiction
Explore the wonders of the universe in this mesmerizing, poetic ode to trailblazing astronaut Mae Jemison, from Coretta Scott King Honor author Charles R. Smith, Jr. How far to the stars? This is what a little girl named Mae Jemison wonders as she peers through her...
by Barb Langridge | Dec 14, 2025 | Picture Book
A funny, heartwarming picture book about a father and his child’s boundless curiosity that reminds us what’s important to hold onto in life. It’s time to leave the house, but…where are the keys?? As Daddy rummages through the mess, he hands a...
by Barb Langridge | Dec 14, 2025 | Picture Book
Caldecott Honoree Melissa Sweet gorgeously illustrates the work of Pulitzer Prize–winning poet Mary Oliver for the first time in picture book form. Have you heard them singing in the wind, above the final fields? Have you ever been so happy in your life? Mary Oliver,...
by Barb Langridge | Dec 14, 2025 | Picture Book
A girl learns how the history of redlining has affected her neighborhood in this intergenerational picture book about racism, community action, and resilience by two New York Times bestselling authors. Olivia can’t wait to invite her friends to the 62nd annual Main...
