Ms. Ruby and the Gigi Squad by Vickie G Rodgers tells a cute children's story about the friendship between four children and an elderly woman, accompanied by beautiful illustrations by Vidyu Vasudevan. Ms. Ruby is living in a retirement center and is feeling a bit...

Mansa’s Little Reminders by A. D. Williams and Kendal Fordham and illustrated by Taylor Bou is the story of Mark, a child with a big imagination who daydreamed a lot. While some people found this fascinating, others were irritated by his penchant for zoning out....

Have you ever confronted an angry apricot? Or how about an indecisive iceberg? Or an optimistic orange and a pessimistic pear? Do you even know what a quince is, let alone a quarrelsome quince? Hayley Mitchell uses alliteration at its healthy food best, allowing the...

Medieval Mashup is the second installment of Leigh's Wheelie Adventures by Charlene McIver. Illustrated with some fun-filled drawings by Caroline Keys, Medieval Mashup follows Leigh -- a wheelchair-equipped kid with a vivid imagination -- and his adventures with his two best friends, Tara and Cosmo....

Everyone expected a weekend of fun at the Point Beach State Forest. Grandpa Bob would spring a surprise marriage proposal on Windsong, the three musketeers would reconnect, and beachgoers would enjoy the Big Tent Circus. Everything went well until Grandpa Bob’s diamond engagement ring went...

Moneytopia: Earning by Shanshan Peer is a children’s concept book that would appeal most to parents, teachers, and child caregivers who wish to teach children about earning money. Lexie, Zoey, and Chuck are three young animals who go to school in the land of Moneytopia,...

Mixed Emotions, by Lakshita Bhargava, and illustrated by Dharini Verma, is an engaging and thought-provoking children's book that explores emotions, guided by the main character Natalia, who has mixed emotions about the big city where her cousin Nancy lives. Natalia looks forward to vising her...

Mama's (honest) ABCs is a unique twist on the traditional alphabet book. Heidi Sharrard follows the standard alphabet book format with a word for each letter followed by a rhyming sentence. What is different about this book is that all the words relate to the...

“My Dad was standing with his plate,/ but only on one leg./ “A BALANCED breakfast,”/ he explained,/ while chewing on his eggs.” Have you ever tried eating standing up? On one leg? Does it create a ‘balanced’ meal to eat it standing up on one...

“What else could possibly go wrong?” How often have we said those words and then things did go decidedly worse than before? And, yet, we never learn to avoid saying those words when things appear to be going totally awry. That’s what happened to Mr....