Gender roles assigned to children can be so biased that they can greatly influence and ruin a child's growth and development in the future. Boys Do Cry: A Book About Boys and Their Feelings by Ashley Palmer LCPC reflects life through the eyes of Shiloh,...

Rue L'Hommedieu's Because of the Night is the story of a spunky ten-year-old girl suffering from ADHD who has a hard time mingling with the members of her family. Vicky always felt out of place in her home. With a seemingly disinterested mother and a...

In Believe by Julie Mathison, young Melanie is used to hanging out in a tube during recess until she makes a new friend named Sabrina. In Sabrina, Melanie has someone to whom she can relate, someone who understands life without a mother. With Sabrina’s support,...

The concept of beauty is very special because we are all different and therefore original and that makes everyone have a unique beauty. If we see it in the right way, we will understand the real beauty that is in us. But sometimes there are...

Beyond the Cliff and Courage, written and illustrated by Vanessa Bettencourt, is an epic adventure. The story takes place in the Wild Lands which is the land of all sorts of bugs. We meet Aion, a young bug who is determined to run away during...

Bonez by Mr. Roses is a fun and inspirational book for children. The story is told through rhyming and follows the main characters, Bonez, aka Guss, Quigz, and Essie who are all excellent skaters striving to be the best. Bonez finally wins an important race...

Patience was a little girl who always moved too fast. At the beginning of this delightful children’s book, she had a leg cast due to a bicycle accident. Before her ninth birthday, she was impatient, wanting to see what her mother was planning for her...

The adventures of young Braidy von Althuis have now reached the fifth chapter and, as in all great sagas, the best is yet to come. In Braidy von Althuis and the Final Fight, Cassidy Dwelis and her young readers find Braidy's family in a daunting...

Next time you hide under your bed during a thunderstorm, perhaps you should think of Beau’s mother’s wise words: “...that it’s all just a show/ And I should be applauding instead.” As children, we were all told different creative variations on what thunder is, as...

Braidy von Althuis and the Dastardly Djinn is the third book in a series that Cassidy Dwelis dedicates to Braidy, a ten-year-old boy, and his adventures. After two eventful books, the new one starts when Braidy and his cousin, Blockhead, find a Djinn in their...