Friendship comes in all kinds of packages. Even pets have friends. While it’s not usual, it does happen that a cat befriends a dog. Luckily for Calypso, an alley cat did take an interest in the Welsh terrier. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have survived the night...

A Raptor Ate My Homework is the first book of The Backpack Dinosaur series by Julian Michael Carver. It is a short story suitable for middle schoolers. Andy and Anna Saunders are both fourth graders. While Anna is a math whiz, Andy’s head is full...

A happy tiger lived on the island of Sumatra where there were large green forests to roam and it was home to many tigers. But people came there and cut down the trees, broke the law, and burned the forests of the land. The destruction...

Meet Tun Tun, the baby elephant, and Jumbo, his strong and brave father, and Ayo, his wise and beautiful mother. Tun Tun is a forest elephant calf and he visits the lake every day with his family for mud baths, fresh water, and playing. They...

A Hare’s Tale 17: Dandelion Bigfoot and the Dark Hare (A Hare’s Tale Book Series) is a children’s book that isn’t really a children’s book. Author Rob Auty has produced the latest in what is clearly a long-running series about Dandelion Bigfoot, the Golden Hare....

Acea and the Animal Kingdom by Kyle Shoop is the first book in the Acea Bishop series. Acea wakes up in a strange place that resembles a zoo and, as he explores, he discovers amazing rooms that introduce him to a variety of animals. When...

Alycat and Bugsy excitedly began Tournament Tuesday with a race downstairs. Alycat almost tripped on her brother’s lucky golf ball he had left on the steps. Bugsy believed this special ball, with a star on it, brings him luck while playing golf. When Mom, Dad,...

Miranda knows there is something unusual about her room. There are creatures in the room that do not belong there and a small armadillo is asleep by her head. He is softly snoring on her pillow and down by her feet is a real capybara....

Cooper and Daddy are excited about the game. Every night around the same time, Cooper perks up to play the game. Daddy throws a treat into the next room and Cooper goes after it. The game begins then. Once Cooper is out of sight, the...

A Home for Harley, by Debbie Tremel, is an illustrated book for kids from about 2nd or 3rd grade on up. Abbey wants to make an aquarium and raise a frog in it, similar to what they have in her school. Her interest in outdoors...