Let us meet the five WellWuzzies, Mr. Pigglesworth, Miss Bunnybucks, Responsa-Billy-Bee, Sweet Please, and Flithy in the storybook Mr. Pigglesworth and The WellWuzzies by Nicole Cadwallader. This book is a handy tool to help children to develop mindfulness and resiliency skills. The wellness buddies in...

The Wonderfully Wild Ones, written by Adeline Schneid and illustrated by Ashley Belote, is a wonderful children’s story full of fun adventure as three lions cause a ruckus at the zoo they live in. The zookeeper begins threatening to find them a new home which...

Dash and Victoria Find True Love by Vicki Tashman is a story about the bond between a spaniel dog named Dash and his owner, who just happens to be Victoria, the future Queen of England. The story is told from the perspective of Dash, who...

It’s not easy being a new person to a group. Abandoned and left to fend for himself, Blue, a border collie dog, watches sadly as his family drives off and leaves him forever. He’s now a homeless refugee, looking for a safe place: a place...

Kassy O’Rourke, Cub Reporter is an entertaining children’s mystery story by Kelly Oliver. Twelve-year-old Kassy (named after Kassandra in Greek mythology) has big plans to win an award by writing the best story in her school newspaper so she can impress her dad, who has...

Molelo the Fire Elephant (Baby Animal Environmental Heroes) by Sylvia M. Medina and Krista Hill takes young readers on an adventure into the world of animal babies and how they survive in the natural world. Leo the baby elephant lived in the shade of the...

Ferdinand's Antarctic Adventure by Kate Reschner is the story of Ferdinand, a pleasantly plump and healthy Magellan penguin who was happy. Ferdinand lived in Tierra del Fuego and he only knew about his island which was lush and green. It was a penguins' paradise and...

Sammy Shark was not feeling well. He tried eating tuna but his teeth hurt and then his stomach felt uneasy when he had soft seaweed. Sammy knew everything was not all right when he felt dizzy while swimming. Sammy went to his neighbor Stacy Starfish,...

My Very Special Scar by Jameeliah Joy Hadley is the story of a young pup who used to run, climb, jump, and dance. He loved playing on the swing. The young pup fell sick when he was six and his mother took him to the...

Another creative take on children’s picture books is Secret Garden: The Amazing Life of Caterpillars by Fei Fei Chiam. Simple yet engaging, it poetically narrates the life cycle of butterflies in short bursts of verses per page. While the grownups among us are well aware...