Rusty the Ringtail by Thomas Lopez is a fun kids’ story with a supernatural aspect. Cleopatra Hills in Jerome, Arizona, is a maze of abandoned mines, and Rusty the Ringtail has decided he’ll be the night watchman at the Little Daisy Mine. One night, he...

In Ziggy and Zeke: Even When You’re Mad by Jeffrey Hook, two little frogs live on opposite banks of the enchanting Willowmere Pond. Ziggy is loud and bouncy, while Zeke is quiet and musical. Despite their differences, they are the best of friends. Each day...

Danny Can Read by Diana Paola Navarro Gomez follows two dinosaur siblings, Danny and Lily, who are also best friends. They love spending time together, and with their pet parrot, Poli, they enjoy going picnicking and dancing. Danny and Lily have always worked as a...

The Adventures of Dori, A Rescue Pup: Mountain Fun is a children’s picture book written by Kathleen Conway and Juanita Ellis. It follows Dori and her canine friends, Molly, Bucky, and Archie, who like adventure and live in the mountains of Silver Mine Holler. They...

Gizmo Goes to a Rodeo by Heidi Heisel is a fun, thought-provoking story for young readers. Gizmo, a cute and funny fluffy dog, idolizes Cowboy Ruff. This cowboy is a dog star in the show, The Tales of Cowboy Ruff. Gizmo wishes he were tough...

Hop's Tales: The Kind Bunny by Evelina Ruimy follows Hop, a little bunny who enjoys going to school and telling his sister, Fluff, all about his awesome day there. Hop even meets a puppy named Ruff, who laughs at him for liking class a lot....

Lauren Ennis sets A Boy’s Best Comrade in 1930s Moscow during Stalin’s rule. A small puppy named Sasha starts out with Sofia and Mikhail, who adopt her during a New Year’s celebration that the government briefly permitted. But their happiness doesn’t last forever. The NKVD...

In The Adventures of Syd: Lost in Bone Cave by Danielle Simone, it’s fall break, and Syd is ready to go spelunking on her dad’s work trip. For the last four weekends, they’ve been training on ropes and gathering supplies for their cave adventure. This...

The Adventures of Syd: A Trail of Trouble by Danielle Simone is a children’s adventure. As the story opens, Syd’s father, Dr. Gardner, shows her a destructive woolly adelgid he’s studying. He tells her that it’s an invasive species that is damaging the Eastern Hemlock...

H.S. Toshack’s The Smile of the Tiger is set during catastrophic flooding in Bangkok, where a house cat named Sheena becomes trapped alone in the Allen family apartment after the building is abandoned. With no access to food or water, she escapes through a garbage...