A World of New Beginnings, written by Melissa Garin, is a small book with a big message for young people: change is scary and not always easy, but adventure waits on the journey and life is infinitely more interesting and fun when adventure is included....

Nelson's London Holiday is a children's picture book by Claire Carey. After attending a music festival accompanied by his parents and friend Simon, Nelson can't wait to revisit it next year. However, to do so, he will need money to buy the festival tickets. Nelson...

The Fish and His Puffy Temper is a children's picture book written by Barbara Pinke, with illustrations by Alvin Adhi. The story follows Puffy, an angry fish trying to make new friends. Unfortunately, the moment he arrives at the sea playground, he gets angry, puffs...

There aren't many feelings in the world more scary than having someone with really bad intentions relentlessly follow you for sport. When a gang of bullies nearly catches 11-year-olds Beryl and Carol, they bolt into the last place in the world anyone would want to...

Here Come the Mice is an illustrated sports adventure novel by Reginald P. Howard. After winning the D4 Championship three years in a row, Coach Howell, Head Coach of the Muskogee Tech Mice basketball squad, announces that he has been given tickets by Coach Milton...

One Tough Cookie 2 by Sean Cusack is a kids' illustrated action tale. Super Chip is back. The Big Bad Bully Fish is sitting in jail with his friends while our chocolate chip cookie superhero spends his days being a superhero. Big Bad Bully Fish...

Gugu Giraffe Goes Fishing by Auralee Arkinsly is a wonderful book for any child who is a budding scientist, biologist, zoologist, conservationist, or naturalist. As a former high school biology teacher, I wish all my former students had this book as children. The information shared...

Fireworks can be loads of fun; however, the first rule of using fireworks is safety. AimeeAnn Blythe emphasizes safety while having fun in Ginger’s Fireworks Safety Tips. As an adult, you have probably heard all these safety tips before but your child will delight in...

In Angela D. Moss' The Case of the Burned Canvas, thirteen-year-old Morgan Draca and her best friends, Melanie and Sara, embark on a fabulous birthday trip to Chicago. All those sandy shores, amusement parks, fountains, cool sculptures, and monuments—the three friends have nothing but fun—except...

The Adventures of Granola Squatch and the Mysterious Egg by Landa Penisten is a fun twist on Easter. One morning, Granola Squatch wakes up to discover a "dazzling, magical, groovy, mysterious egg" outside his cave. He has no idea who would have left him such...