Family heirlooms are often passed down through generations, carrying stories and memories of our forebears with them. The Magical Wooden Chair by Judy Haveson is a tale about such a family heirloom. Years and years ago, a seemingly simple wooden chair began its journey in...

Boo! by Erin Melody is an engaging and clever children’s picture book that follows Ivory the Ghost on her journey to overcome a very unusual fear—saying and hearing “boo!” Ivory is supposed to spook the farm, but every time she tries to make her ghostly...

Join Chef Romi Rabbit on one of her cooking adventures with Lori Rotter's Best Chef in Town. When Chef Romi Rabbit learns about a cooking show over the hill, she is determined to participate and win the contest by cooking the best dinner, and be...

In Glow by Emma Meyer, Mia lives in a cramped city apartment with her mother, who struggles financially and works multiple jobs. After a rent dispute with their landlord and the loss of one of her mother’s jobs, the family decides to move with Mia’s...

What is better than animals going to a party and learning along the way? With adorable full-page illustrations by Farrukh A. Ahmed, Marcy Pusey’s picture book, The Survival Squad: Friends, Fear, and a Jungle Journey, is a sweet story about friendship and the power of...

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...

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...

In Imaginary Heroes by Michael Seidelman, twelve-year-old Matthew’s world is shaped by the challenges of Tourette Syndrome, leaving him isolated and targeted by relentless bullies. He is different and often struggles with loneliness. To escape the painful experience of being alone and bullied, he takes...

Houses, like a living entity, get to know the people who live in them. If houses could talk, they’d have many stories to tell. Author Anne Lacourrege touches on this concept in Lily’s Mysterious Odyssey. This story is about a young girl named Lily, who...