In Knights Unite (Peter Blue Series) by Laurel Colless, readers are taken on a fantasy adventure with Riva du Lac. As the story opens, Riva and Roly clean up sea garbage using a whaleboat designed by Professor Meriwether. As they suction plastic and other garbage...

The Paddock Bomb! (Caboodle Farm Series) by Shahron Ameer is a tale about a family just finishing up morning chores and getting ready to go with Dad on their morning outing. This outing leads them to a farm auction where Dad surprises Martina and Andy...

This Book Is Ridiculous, literally! Have you ever wondered how sometimes things happen that make no sense? Well, that happens over and over again in this colorful interactive picture book by Eric Belmonte. Ed is hungry. Unbeknownst to him, however, he is inside a ridiculous...

Flood in the Desert by Liz Fahey is a tale of myth and nature in the canyons somewhere in the center of the Mighty Five National Parks. Izzy, an enormous striped creature known as a jungle NOLO, braves the dry and dangerous desert to find...

Max and the Mighty Hurricane by Chrissy Hobbs and Ben Jackson is a relevant children's story that conveys a vital message. The story addresses very real fears that a child might have about facing an approaching natural disaster. The main character, Max, is scared! He...

Nothing could have excited Aristotle James more than the fishing trip his father had planned in the Michigan wilderness. What could be better than setting up camp, scouring the lake in the hopes of catching a walleye, and spending quality time with his dad? An...

Have you ever met a talking chimp? Sebastian Winthrop is not only a talking chimp, he’s also a first-rate detective. Just don’t call him a monkey as he’s really a chimp. Friendly, too, and it’s a good thing because in Michael Dell’s Monkey Flip, Addie...

Flight Test 101 by Amanda M. Thrasher is a heartwarming children's adventure that follows three young fairlings called Lilly, Boris, and Jack as they prepare for their first-ever flight test. We’re with them for this thrilling rite of passage, but it soon spirals into an...

Halley Harper: Nature Code Breakers is yet another enthralling installment of the Science Girl Extraordinaire series by Tracy Borgmeyer. Halley Harper, a fourth-grade science prodigy, outdid herself by winning the Invention Convention award for her Monarch Micro Tracker at the White House. However, her trip...

Walter, Whatever Will Be, Will Be by Greg Bulla follows three young friends and their adventures as they navigate school, family, and friendship over a season in 1976, Oaktown, North Carolina. Walter Taylor and his two best friends are about to start second grade at...