The Dog That Followed Me Home by Jennifer Yap Caspe is the story of a young girl who wants a baby brother. She feels sad when she doesn't get one as her parents tell her she will have to wait. One day, as she is...

There once was a little bear named Cubby who had big, big dreams. Bigger than he could ever imagine! You see, Cubby Bear wanted to learn to fly. He could do it, couldn’t he? As he sits high on his tree branch, looking out through...

The Elephant Who Wanted To Be A Bee: A Children's Picture Book on Goal Setting and Perseverance (WantsToBe 2): Book 2 of the WantsToBe series by Valerie Harmon is the charming story of an Elephant who wants to become a Bee. Elephant is allergic to...

The Hare Who Wanted to Be a Falcon, a WantsToBe Book by Valerie Harmon features a young hare who is not content with being a hare and instead wants to be a falcon and fly. When she gets scooped up by the falcon and almost...

The potential to be transformed into something else is a powerful human desire; folklore and mythology are full of stories where a living creature is transformed into another. Examples are werewolves, the Greek gods assuming animal and human form and similar stories of animal-human shape...

Every person at some point wants to be someone or something else and that desire starts at a very early age. Wanting to be bigger, stronger, smarter, braver or faster afoot are the motivations behind a great deal of human behavior. Author Valerie Harmon expresses...

Do you ever feel shy? Have you ever wondered how some people, some animals, can chatter away about nothing at all? Some people, some animals, do have the gift of chatter. They are outgoing, social creatures who crave the attention of a good listener. That's...

Sassyfrass was a happy little piggy who lived on a farm with her mother and siblings. Sassyfrass was very independent and bold, and began to lead the group of little pigs as they went about their daily routine. One day a strange man in a...

In Tales of the Gemstone Elves, Volume One: Beryl's Journey by Patricia Elizabeth Bennett, there once was a time when elves and humans lived peacefully together and worked side by side. Our story follows the gemstone elves, more specifically Beryl and Jasper as they travel...

The Giraffe That Will Make You Laugh by Mamma Macs revolves around the story of Cuthburt, the giraffe who is a clown in the circus. Cuthburt does not look like the usual clowns one sees in the circus, but his antics make the crowds laugh...