Joseph is busy watching TV with his dog Gretchen. While he is having fun, his mother interrupts and says it is bedtime. Joseph reacts as many children do with pitching a tantrum. Nan Arkwright in her book Mission: Control! shares how Joseph learns to control...

My Girl The World by Heather Themm is a mother’s invitation to her daughter for her child to be exactly who she is and, in this pursuit, to be all that she can be. It’s a wonderfully positive declaration from mother to child. Any mother,...

Mystery Kisses and Chicken Poop by Tammy Donahue is a memoir of her childhood in West Virginia. Tammy Donahue shares stories of her upbringing with her eight grandchildren. She also creates memories with them as well. Each chapter is a little vignette about her life....

E.W. Choate Jr.’s Marty 2 continues with Ruzo suddenly going missing. As everyone is celebrating their victory from the recent battle against a rogue blue witch and General Tusk, Marty could not help but notice the sudden absence of her best friend Ruzo, the cat....

My Dentist and a Trip to the Stars by Colleen Baxter Sullivan is an amusing book for children of one child’s experience at his dentist's office. Though each pediatric dentist has a different theme and activity for their patients, Nick tells of his visit. Nick...

Most young girls love to shop; they love to go to the mall to hang out and look around. Imagine if you actually lived at the mall! Right in the center, in the heart of it! And, what if your house is like a giant...

Meet the Jeep by David Zatz is an outstanding book kids will love. The author takes children from the beginning when the Army needed a vehicle they could use that would not get stuck in the mud. They felt a vehicle with an engine that...

Milton Finds His Way Home (The Yoga Story Series) is a wonderful adventure that parents and teachers will enjoy reading and acting out scenes from the book. I would recommend reading the book through the first time and then reading it again while doing the...

When faced with challenges or change, some people think that it's meant to destroy them but, in essence, it could be meant to stretch, grow or move them forward toward their destiny and purpose. In Marty by E.W. Choate Jr., Martina "Marty" Martin, a purple...

With the help of a witch, a ghost, and Brownies, a young girl with magical powers must battle an evil witch to keep the enchanted ring she wears in the middle-grade fantasy novel, Mr. Murray's Gun (The Piccadilly Street Series: Book 4) by Emily-Jane Hills...