In Asher Shines Bright: A Journey of Hope and Light by Kristina Gibbons, we are introduced to Asher, a young fox, who feels sad and lonely on the night of Oakmeadow’s Festival of Lights, while everyone around him is happy. Ary, his friend, notices this,...

Alexander Fleming’s Penicillin Promise by Dr. Katherine E. A. Korkidis is an interesting and educational story featuring regular time-traveling kids, Daniel and Jennifer. Led by Dr. K, this adventure takes us back to London in 1928. The children are led through St. Mary’s Hospital,...

You’ll be going straight to Dragon’s Whiff Campground in the fun pages of A Dragon in My Campground to see if there’s really a mythical beast hiding just off the trail. Meru is totally sure there is a dragon out there because he keeps finding...

A Gift From Grandma by Sarah Condie takes the reader on a delightful journey with Eve after her birthday, on which she received a beautiful, colorful dress. The main characters are Eve, her twin brothers Theo and Nate, a black lab called Luna, and school...

Anne initially believed that winning a seat on the student council at her new school would open doors for her to make more friends and for people to accept her and her pet alligator with all their quirks. Her expectations did not quite go according...

Andy the Admiral and the USS Shipshape by Mark C. Fava follows the commander of the US Navy aircraft carrier USS Shipshape and his crew. Admiral Andy and his crew are ready to embark on yet another voyage this morning. Andy is dressed neatly and...

Amy and her family are off on a beach vacation for an entire week. And her two best friends, Lilly and Dawn, and their families have been invited, too. In Nirja S. Khemka’s Amy’s Sandy Summer, Amy learns that sometimes besties can be a challenge....

A Bus Can’t Drive Empty: An Alphaballiteration Adventure by Davon Miller follows three zebra friends whose ordinary ride home from school quickly turns into an imaginative journey when their bus runs out of gas. Instead of stopping the trip, Chris, the bus driver, finds creative...

Lauren Ennis sets A Boy’s Best Comrade in 1930s Moscow during Stalin’s rule. A small puppy named Sasha starts out with Sofia and Mikhail, who adopt her during a New Year’s celebration that the government briefly permitted. But their happiness doesn’t last forever. The NKVD...

The Adventures of Syd: A Trail of Trouble by Danielle Simone is a children’s adventure. As the story opens, Syd’s father, Dr. Gardner, shows her a destructive woolly adelgid he’s studying. He tells her that it’s an invasive species that is damaging the Eastern Hemlock...