The Bubble in Me by J. Alvarez is a quirky tale of friendship and teamwork. Tibby is a chubby tiger who befriends poor Benny, the bumblebee who can’t fly. Together they join forces with Hiccup the Hippo who has no friends because, whenever she speaks,...

Brazil always asks his girlfriend Delores for money in the storybook The Mongoose and the Princess by Cindy Christmas. He wants money to buy food, clothes, and jewelry. She is fed up with his begging and decides to go to the witch Nivea to cast...

Mrs. Weber falls ill and the students get a substitute teacher, Mr. Potter, in Tales of a Substitute Teacher Volume 2: A Magician’s Tricks Take Over Room 6 by Sheri Powrozek. The children like Mrs. Weber; she had been an assistant in the school earlier,...

The Legend of Lutey and the Merbeing by J.R. McRae, with illustrations by Stefania Saccarola, is a religious-themed children’s story set in the village of Zennor on the dramatic northern coast of Cornwall. Loosely based on a Cornish folktale, it tells the story of a...

The Inflatables by Sara Gurule is a delightful Christmas story about Santa's secret army. Christmas is everyone's favorite time of year. Everyone except Old Man Tubbs. He doesn't have any decorations or holiday cheer. He's been on the naughty list since childhood and now holds...

The Fabulous Life of Minnie the Sassy Chick: Minnie's Sassy Birthday (Volume 2) by Cindy L. Shirley is a captivating read that features Minnie, a beautiful, stylish and sassy hen. She lives with Carly and Riley who constantly fuss over her. The two sisters have...

The Railroad Adventures of Chen Sing by George Chiang is a delightful children’s book that tells the adventures of Chiang’s grandfather when he first came to America in the 1880s to work on the transcontinental railways on the West Coast. From a small farming village...

The City of Smogg is choked by a thick blanket of pollution. The people who live there walk around like zombies. Animals and plants are non-existent there. It is outside this place that Calvin Callioni, the ringmaster of the most splendidly spectacular circus of Starzborough,...

The Talon series is uplifting and inspiring and in Talon, Connected by Gigi Sedlmayer, this story takes off from where the previous book, Flight for Life, ends. Matica and her family are grateful to the condors for helping Matica and her father, Crayn, on their...

Catch That Chinchilla is an educational tale from the Talking Tales series for children, and is both written and illustrated by Erica Graham. Fletch and his sister, Rachael, receive a new pet chinchilla from their father, but against his wishes, they unlock the cage...