Digger: Dig or Die! by Deborah Cholette is a page-turning dystopian middle-grade novel. On an average sunny day, Nick and his younger sister Lily learn that a catastrophe is unfolding. There's a large crack in Earth's magnetosphere that causes its atmosphere to leak out into space....

Bushy Tail (The Curious Squirrel) is a children’s picture book written by Florence P. Bullis with illustrations by Luz M. Rodriguez. It tells the story of an inquisitive gray squirrel that has a unique encounter with a family of campers in the woods. In the...

Someone once said, “A grandmother is a little bit parent, a little bit teacher, and a little bit best friend.” And that is definitely true in Grandma’s Backyard Adventure by Tabatha D. Hale. This children’s picture book begins with two young brothers, Ezra and Zane,...

The Book of Roisins by Tracy Schuldt Helixon follows Roisin, a sixth-grader who is exhausted by the constant cycle of being the new girl at her school due to her father's Army career. Stuck in a new Wisconsin town with a name that everyone mangles...

In Yesterday’s Gone by Kelly Pawlik, after moving from Boston to the isolated town of Olympic Vista, twelve-year-old Darius Belcouer becomes fixated on a boarded-up house connected to local rumors about disappearances and strange activity. His investigation brings him into the orbit of Adelaide Winter,...

Ho Ho No! is a children's picture book written and illustrated by Derek Good. It follows Max, a young boy who is well-known by the people on Maple Street for being selfish and ungrateful, and they call him Little Scrooge because of his attitude. All...

The Land Where Money Was Nothing is an educational and wonderful children's fable by Barbara Roman. The story introduces us to a man called Elias, who suddenly inherits quite a large sum of money from his father. Thrilled that he can now call himself rich...

Nick is a very curious young man and wants to know why many things happen the way they do. Why can't animals talk, or why are fire trucks red? Sometimes he even has dreams with the word "why." Some of his questions are reasonable, like...

In Your Message Will Get Through by Andrew Ceroni, Steve Pfeifer wants to take his family to visit Santa’s Workshop at the North Pole. The kids really look forward to the adventures awaiting them. One Saturday afternoon, five days after Thanksgiving, the family embarks on...

Mouse Visits Yosemite National Park is a children’s adventure picture book written by Tricia Gardella, featuring illustrations by Ginger Nielson. It follows a small mouse who wonders about the views at Yosemite National Park. He taps a few keys on his magical keyboard and—boom—he’s suddenly...