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...

Corvus: A Crow's Story by Shallen Anne Chitwood is a heartwarming tale and a refreshing allegory. It can be read as a coming-of-age story of a crow who suffers from a paralyzing fear of flying. Corvus is the last hatchling of Maeve and Marvin, and...

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...

The Shattered Horn by A.H. Benjamin follows an alien named Keidon and his robotic dog, Sirius, as they crash land in an enchanted world occupied by talking animals. They soon find themselves fighting to free a kingdom under the iron-fisted rule of King Zomak and...

Mean people are passing out unkind letters at night. They’re part of the Unkindness Club. But, in Jill Ammon Vanderwood’s The Unkindness Club, two friends, Persephone, a ten-year-old deaf girl, and Rowen, who moves around in a wheelchair, are set to make things right, to...

Emma and her family are moving to a new town far away. It’s a big move, and Emma’s not too happy about it. In Mark K. McClain’s The Library Between Worlds, Emma learns that her father is getting a big promotion, and her parents really...