by Barb Langridge | Feb 5, 2022 | Graphic Novel / Comics / Manga
Kafka wants to clean up kaiju, but not literally! Will a sudden metamorphosis stand in the way of his dream? With the highest kaiju-emergence rates in the world, Japan is no stranger to attack by deadly monsters. Enter the Japan Defense Force, a military organization...
by Barb Langridge | Feb 5, 2022 | Graphic Novel / Comics / Manga
From New York Times-bestselling and Eisner Award-winning creator Hope Larson comes All My Friends, the final standalone book in a middle grade graphic novel trilogy about friendship, family, and music. Perfect for fans of Real Friends by Shannon Hale. Middle-schooler...
by Barb Langridge | Feb 5, 2022 | Picture Book
How can I help my child deal with a bully? What do I teach them about handling an on-again-off-again, not-so-friendly friend? My advice to “just be kind” isn’t helping, and my child is still hurting. Christina Furnival, a licensed mental health therapist and mom,...
by Barb Langridge | Feb 4, 2022 | Action / Adventure
Meg Long’s Cold the Night, Fast the Wolves is a captivating debut about survival, found family, and the bond between a girl and a wolf that delivers a fresh twist on classic survival stories and frontier myths. On a frozen wasteland of a planet, a girl is on the...
by Barb Langridge | Feb 4, 2022 | Picture Book
Black activist Opal Lee had a vision of Juneteenth as a holiday for everyone. This true story celebrates Black joy and inspires children to see their dreams blossom. Growing up in Texas, Opal knew the history of Juneteenth, but she soon discovered that many Americans...
by Barb Langridge | Feb 4, 2022 | Historical Fiction
Hédi spends her days playing with her dog Bodri in the park, but her quiet world starts to crumble the day she hears Adolf Hitler on the radio. Germany’s leader hates her and her family, just because they are Jewish. And Hitler doesn’t even know them—it doesn’t make...
by Barb Langridge | Feb 4, 2022 | Graphic Novel / Comics / Manga
The action of Moana meets the humor of books like Dog Man in this sidesplitting graphic novel about a young Berzerker who has to rescue her fellow warriors from the evil villain Witch Head before he destroys the world! Barb is a Berzerker, one of a group of warriors...
by Barb Langridge | Feb 4, 2022 | Picture Book
Miguel searches for sunflowers to take to his community garden party in this vibrant, diverse exploration of gardening and healthy eating. From the Where in the Garden? series. Miguel is throwing a party at his community garden for all of his friends, and he needs...
by Barb Langridge | Feb 3, 2022 | Picture Book
The MOMENTOUS debut of a groundbreaking Fairy Tale series — a brilliantly crafted, hilarious twist on this beloved classic, The Three Billy Goats Gruff, from renowned, award-winning, and New York Times bestselling duo and picture book pioneers Mac Barnett and...
by Barb Langridge | Feb 3, 2022 | Mystery
A puzzlemaker’s last clue. A friendship’s last chance. The GEEKs: Gina, Edgar, Elena, and Kevin have been best friends for as long as they can remember. So when their arch-nemesis points out that their initials make them literally GEEKs, they decide to go...
