Finnigan the Circus Cat (Volume 1) by Mary T. Wagner is an entertaining story that revolves around Finnigan, the cat, and Max and Leroy, the mice. Things change for Max and Leroy, the two mice cousins who have been living at the Farnsworth Circus Museum,...

Pip the Possum by Meagan Fisher is the delightful story of Pip the Possum who lived in a forest and was always happy. He was different from the other possums, though; he could not hang upside down from a tree. His entire family tried to...

Counting by the Lake by Cassandra Duchatelier is an adorable storybook for children that will introduce them to counting and animals. The combination of animals and numbers has been done deftly, making learning and teaching easy for children. Readers get to see the girl in...

What do you believe is a great way to help a child learn the alphabet? One way is through word association. Word association is taking a word and creating something to match that word which will make it memorable. In Verbuggin,’ Sam Bowyer has created...

Stories from the Desert Path: The Come Walk With Me Series is a collection of adventures-in-nature tales written by Shirley A. Williams and illustrated by Connor Furr. Aundi was new to the desert. The eight-year-old and her family had formerly lived in New York, out...

Slipper Has a New Home by Tess Rixen is a sweet story about Slipper, the cat, getting a new home. When he arrives, he looks around his new home and finds everything that he needs. While looking out the window, he sees the green grass...

Marie and Mr. Bee is a children’s story by Margaret Welwood. Marie is content in her cabin in the woods and has many forest friends. She likes helping them with their chores and playing games after she does her housework. One day Mr. Bee enters...

Vortex is an anteater; Scoop is a lioness. What’s unusual about the two is not that Vortex likes to count how many ants he eats each day, or that Scoop likes to measure how fast she runs because she’s the fastest runner in the jungle....

Loretta’s Caterpillar is the third book in the Loretta’s Insects series, written by Lois Wickstrom and illustrated by Francie Mion. While outside in a field of milkweeds, young Loretta enjoys watching all of the Monarch butterflies flying around the flowers. The next day, however, all...

Just Try It, Georgie! is an animal story for children by Christy Sturtz. Georgie the Giraffe is a picky eater. He does not want to eat the green leaves, grass, or twigs that his mother and other giraffes are known to eat. Not even the...