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...

Clumsy Stumblefoot Trips Through Time With Magellan is a work of fiction in the educational, time travel, adventure, and historical fiction genres for younger readers. Penned by author Chris Solaas, this charming story follows Chumley Stumblefoot, known as Clumsy, whose superpower is his clumsiness. When...

Laddie and Nash are Papa Buck’s two fur babies who want to be like Buck, who owns Buck’s Best Batch. Anita Hinson Cauthen tells their story in Laddie and Nash Learn to Bake. This engagingly written picture book for children follows the adventures of Laddie...

The Tale of the Toy Troll by Kimberley Kordov is a lovely children's picture book. Lucas and Logan have lots of toys, and they love to play with them, but they don't like putting them away. Then Mom tells them a story, a terrifying tale...

Martha May McKenzie and The Magic Cake Big Mistake! by Brian Starr is a gloriously spectacular story of magic and unpredictability. It all starts when Martha plans to tell her grandchildren that she is a witch by presenting them with a particularly delicious but strange...

Have you ever wanted to lift off into space? Sam does and he can do it, too. In D’artagnan’s Spaceman Sam, one little boy’s dream is filled with lots of adventure and all to be found in a plain cardboard box. Sam has a gift,...

Being a kid can be rough, but it can also be a beautiful time of exploration and self-discovery. The Legendary Mo Seto by A.Y. Chan chronicles the adventures of charming 12-year-old Modesty Seto. Mo is passionate about taekwondo and idolizes Cody Kwok, a martial arts...

Would You Rather Elf by Court Nee is part of The Readers Huddle Collection. Nobody knows where Quilliam the Elf comes from, but everyone knows where he will be when he’s bored. He’ll be hanging around the kids, asking his terrible “Would You Rather” questions....

Creativity implies self-confidence and develops critical thinking. This also allows us to express ourselves freely, which helps children grow in an emotionally healthy way. Jenny Shann promotes these ideas in Hermes and the Magic Map. In this story, Hermes paints by his bedroom window with...

Have you ever wondered how our planet Earth feels about overpopulation, improper waste disposal, global warming, and other effects of industrialization? A Solar System Chat by Diana Kline provides the answers. Mother Earth is enraged and angry at the harm humans have inflicted on her...