In the children’s book Mercy by Mary Clark Dalton, it’s time to choose a new family member! It is the 8th birthday of Aidan, a blind boy. He wants a dog to love, to have a companion, but also to one day have the dog...

Meet Bob the elephant in the story Bob Saves the Day - Hooray! by A.R. Matthews. Bob had an important job, that of watching over the elephants. He used to do his job with diligence but he was lazy. The other elephants retaliated and asked...

Dusty the Island Dog by Linda Heavner Gerald is the heartwarming story of Dusty who was left alone after her mother died. Dusty lived in Abaco, Bahamas and her first home was on the steps of a seasonal condo. The owners lived there only six...

Oh, for those lazy, hazy days of summer. It’s a time to sit around and enjoy the warmth, or a time to play outside and enjoy all that the warm days can offer. Ernie knows about enjoying himself. He is a dog after all and...

Penny the Pink Nose Poodle: A Day with Zoey is a children’s animal story book written by Dana DiSante. Penny didn’t look like the other dogs in the pound where her forever family found her, but they couldn’t resist taking her home. Her family actually...

The Traveling Javelinas by Laura Bullock is about a family of Javelinas. Every season they travel from the desert to the mountains in Arizona. As they go up high it is windy and they can see the squirrels running and hiding. They go even higher...

Sophia Freeman and the Mysterious Fountain is a fantasy/adventure book for children by T.X. Troan. Sophia is a lonely young girl, whose mother has passed away and whose father is too wrapped up in his business affairs to spend any time with her. Materially, Sophia...

It is quite possible to read The Dark Mister Snark by Lori R. Lopez in a single sitting. The book is certainly short enough. Being told entirely in engaging rhyme, the narrative all but reads itself. Mister Snark is the town eccentric, a morbidly minded...

Hitchin’ Post and the Tornado Twistin’ 4th of July Celebration, written by Julie Barker and illustrated by Carolyn Altman, is a short children’s story that tells the tale of Hitch, the jackrabbit, as he prepares for the Independence Day Celebration set to take place at...

Chicken Monkey to the Rescue, written by Nick Paldino and illustrated by Michael and Nick Paldino, is the story of a crime-fighting monkey who sneaks out of the zoo after closing time to solve crimes in his chicken outfit. Farmer Willie has woken up to...