by Barb Langridge | Mar 7, 2022 | Fiction
The Ape Star by Frida Nilsson, about an orphan girl who forms a bond with the junkyard-dwelling gorilla who adopts her. In this an award-winning chapter book about outsiders and unconventional love, an orphan girl is adopted by a gorilla who lives in a junkyard and a...
by Barb Langridge | Mar 7, 2022 | Picture Book
A Perfect Wonderful Day with Friends by Philip Waechter, in which Raccoon’s plan to bake a cake is slightly—pleasantly—delayed when he borrows eggs from Fox, who in turn needs some neighborly help, and the friends continue to pay it forward. This big-hearted picture...
by Barb Langridge | Mar 7, 2022 | Picture Book
An exuberant rhyming picture book about a school trip to the woods, where no one sees the danger―apart from quiet Liam, who pays attention and saves the day with his particular skill of hiding. It’s the class trip to Dismal Hills wilderness. The children aren’t...
by Barb Langridge | Mar 7, 2022 | Picture Book
In this monstrously funny and original lift-the-flaps adventure, a child finds hiding places in the most famous fairytale houses before turning on their hide-and-seek pursuers. “Quick, hide!” Chased by monsters, each hairier and stinkier than the one...
by Barb Langridge | Mar 7, 2022 | Picture Book
The Coat by Séverine Vidal, illus. by Louis Thomas, in which Elise gives her prized new jacket to a child experiencing homelessness. Ah, the coat. So warm, so beautiful, so red. It’s all Elise has really wanted, and she’s been waiting forever. When will the coat be...
by Barb Langridge | Mar 7, 2022 | Picture Book
Supposing… by Alastair Reid, illus. by JooHee Yoon, which shows characters imagining all kinds of possibilities.–from the publisher Follow unexpected possibilities on fanciful and humorous journeys, powered by the limitlessness of the imagination and the...
by Barb Langridge | Mar 7, 2022 | Picture Book
The Amazing and True Story of Tooth Mouse Pérez The Amazing and True Story of Tooth Mouse Pérez by Ana Cristina Herreros, illus. by Violeta Lópiz, trans. by Sara Elisabeth Paulson, introducing the tooth mouse, who is the tooth fairy known throughout the...
by Barb Langridge | Mar 7, 2022 | Fantasy
Best-selling author Rick Riordan presents J. C. Cervantes’s exciting new spin-off from the best-selling STORM RUNNER trilogy. The Lords of Night by J.C. Cervantes, a spin-off from the Storm Runner trilogy following Ren, a shadow bruja, who teams up with Ah-Puch...
by Barb Langridge | Mar 7, 2022 | Fantasy
Paola Santiago and the Sanctuary of Shadows by Tehlor Kay Mejia, in which Paola enters a ghost-filled void to bring back her friend Dante. Best-selling author Rick Riordan presents Tehlor Kay Mejia’s third chilling story based on Mexican folklore. This time...
by Barb Langridge | Mar 7, 2022 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
This is the story of how I became Anne of Greenville. It’s also the story of how I found my true true, and how I needed to maybe come to Greenville, of all places, to make that happen. In this modern reimagining of Anne of Green Gables, Anne is an ABBA-loving...
