Have you ever seen the face of a man when glancing at the moon? Or have you noticed a piggie when looking at a rock? If you have, you have the gift of pareidolia, the ability to perceive patterns where no patterns exist, except in...

Maxwell is a delightful story! Author Jeremy C. Gredone came up with an unexpected and sweet little tale jam-packed with ideas and creativity. The illustrator, D. Sherene Ouffutt, filled the pages with joyful color and exciting details that will keep children enthralled. The premise is...

Medieval Mashup is the second installment of Leigh's Wheelie Adventures by Charlene McIver. Illustrated with some fun-filled drawings by Caroline Keys, Medieval Mashup follows Leigh -- a wheelchair-equipped kid with a vivid imagination -- and his adventures with his two best friends, Tara and Cosmo....

Everyone expected a weekend of fun at the Point Beach State Forest. Grandpa Bob would spring a surprise marriage proposal on Windsong, the three musketeers would reconnect, and beachgoers would enjoy the Big Tent Circus. Everything went well until Grandpa Bob’s diamond engagement ring went...

To respect the environment, it is necessary to know as much about it as possible, so that love for everything that surrounds us can be generated. We can learn a lot about our environment by getting to know the insects we live with. That is...

Max Voltage: Planet Terror (Book 2) by James Love is the energetic, entertaining sequel to Max Voltage: Multiverse Mayhem. The first offering has Max Voltage, a gamer who's eleven, and Stevie, his best friend, along with Lucinda and a supercomputer named M.U.M., maneuvering the not-so-reliable...

“What else could possibly go wrong?” How often have we said those words and then things did go decidedly worse than before? And, yet, we never learn to avoid saying those words when things appear to be going totally awry. That’s what happened to Mr....

Marisa’s grandpa gave her a fishing rod for Christmas. This was a special gift from a special person. In Marisa’s First Fishing Trip, Dawn Doig shares the story of the memorable trip connected with the fishing rod. However, Marisa’s parents and grandparents have more to...

My Little Green Umbrella by Sandy Little is a charming story about childhood imagination. One day a little girl asks for the green umbrella she finds in a thrift shop. She leaves the store with the umbrella, and the wonderful adventures begin. The umbrella not...

Do you play the kazoo? It’s a fun little instrument and one little boy is excited to be taking his kazoo on a family trip to the zoo (kind of rhymes, doesn’t it?). What do you think the animals at the zoo will do when...