Me and the Missouri Moon by Nancy Stewart follows Scarlet Burnes, who is caught in a moral dilemma after her father hits a cyclist named Malcolm with their car and leaves the scene. Fearing the consequences due to his criminal past, Scarlet's father pressures her...

Children’s books are incredibly powerful vehicles of social messaging. When a book is written for a younger audience, it not only has the opportunity to teach and create space for challenging conversations among children but for their parents and caretakers as well. In My...

Money and Finance for Kids and Teens is a highly informative and entertaining book. Author Thelma Ribeiro and illustrator Carla Rodrigues do a great job. Marlon is an intelligent young boy who loves spending summers with his grandparents. Grandma and Grandpa equally love to spend...

Mica Powers and the Legend of the Superstitions is a children's fantasy novel by MSV Walker. Mica Powers is already thirteen years old, but his powers as a Spinical have yet to show. He is still haunted by the memories of when his mother was...

Have you ever read a book with sayings you have heard all your life but enjoyed anyway? Momisms: Life Lessons from a Cool Mom by Terri Peel Bechtold is that type of book and the mom-sayings are worth repeating more than once. One saying that...

Marvin doesn't have any friends in a new town and he is reluctant to go to the carnival alone. Yet he tries to have fun and gets his fortune told by the Great Magnifico. The machine promises Marvin the fulfillment of his dream. Then, Marvin...

Mommy Feels BIG THINGS by Danielle L. Forbes is a picture book for young children. If you're a tired mom who wants their child to understand the reasons behind your exhaustion and mood swings, then this book will be perfect for doing exactly that. It...

Mischievous Molly Discovers Her Gift is a children's book written by Nancy Hallowell and Afsoon Kelly, and illustrated by Lauren Zurcher. Always in trouble, Molly refuses to eat her vegetables, never closes the front door behind her, and always tracks mud through the house. She...

It is so refreshing to read a children’s picture book about Christmas where the major character is a person of color. Mr. Nap A. Lot learns what the spirit of Christmas entails in Mr. Nap A. Lot’s Merry Christmas Adventure by Shani T Night. Mr....

In Midnight on Fireworks Island by Christopher N. Ciko, Joseph Johnson, known as Joey, was arrested for vandalism, banned from public school, and sentenced to the Rockweiler Academy of Correction. It is a correctional facility for kids too young to be in the main prison...