Another creative take on children’s picture books is Secret Garden: The Amazing Life of Caterpillars by Fei Fei Chiam. Simple yet engaging, it poetically narrates the life cycle of butterflies in short bursts of verses per page. While the grownups among us are well aware...

Sabrina’s Book by Sabrina Runyon is the sweet story of a girl whose family didn’t have money to buy books and toys. When Sabrina was three, someone gave her mother a book to read to her. Sabrina learned the words. She learned when to turn...

Say Your ABC With Me by Gloria Johnson-Gordon is a workbook specifically designed to help kids develop the early learning skills necessary as they begin to learn to read and spell. Each page contains the letter being learned in its written form as well as...

Expertly written for a young audience, Someone You Love Has Cancer: A Child's Guide to Understanding by Robin Martin-Duttmann explains the treatment process of cancer to children. Cancer is a difficult topic, especially for children, since they may not understand what having the illness entails...

Saturday Safari by Caren Cantrell is a short children’s illustrated adventure story. We follow Elliot, a young boy, through his adventures as he explores outside his home, using his imagination to enhance his story. Ordinary objects turn into a safari ride quest filled with danger,...

Sweet Neighbors Come in All Colors is a children’s educational picture book written and illustrated by Lisa Blecker, and based upon a song by Dick Grover. Fruits and vegetables come in an astounding array of colors, shapes, sizes, and textures, but they’re all quite good...

Sally was excited. Mother had promised Sally and her brother Sammy that she would show them where she found the nuts she had brought them. It was a bright sunny day when they stepped out and their mother told them why it was important to...

Sapphire: A Life That Almost Wasn't by Lorrie Blitch tells us the story of two tiny newborn kittens, tossed in a taped-up cardboard box in a dumpster on a freezing night. Found by the Magellan Academy janitor, both kittens are given a home by the...

A sea child sat on a large rock in the middle of a shallow cove. She loved sitting there and relaxing. Many sea otters came there to eat, play, and rest, and that place was called Sea Otter Cove. They also knew it was a...

Stephen Stanley's Puzzle Body, by Stephen Stanley, is a fun and informative read, full of exciting situations and interesting facts. The book takes the reader on an incredible journey inside the human body, covering the important parts while telling a story of monsters that can...