This book was reviewed by Lee Ashford for Readers' Favorite. The First Birthday Party by K. & K. Johnson is a cute children’s story that evolved over the course of 16 years. Initially an impromptu reply to a son’s question about who had the first birthday,...

Charmaine Hammond continues the Toby series with her latest book “Toby the Pet Therapy Dog Says Be a Buddy, Not a Bully.” In this installment Buddy visits a classroom of students; the teacher announces that Buddy is about to receive an award: The Gold Star...

“The Dos and Don’ts” by Hayley Rose is a vividly colorful book to help teach good manners to children. Each pair of pages feature a “Don’t be (or do) something”, followed by a “Do…” whatever the “well mannered” child should do. For example, the story...

"Lemon Dot Town is happy to be surrounded by love by the Lemon Dot Tree." And the town loves it back. The mutual love and respect is taught here using simple terms geared towards young children. Lemon Dot Town lives by the action of treating...

Curious Mary and Esme the Bunny by Dr. Julia E. Antoine is the third book in the very entertaining Too Clever book series. This story revolves around a young girl called Mary whom readers will have met in Too Clever book 1. Mary is a...

Too Clever II: A Tropical Christmas Story by Dr. Julia E. Antoine is a very unusual kind of Christmas story, and one that will fascinate young readers who are used to a traditional holiday celebration. This is a very sweet and enjoyable story about a...

Too Clever by Dr. Julia E. Antoine is a collection of short stories designed to appeal to young readers. These stories feature inquisitive, bright kids with inquiring minds, who have their own ideas, sometimes getting fixated on a plan, and most often coming up with...

“The Story of Everdream” is told by grandmother Holly about a trip she took to Everdream when she was little. Now that she is older, she has secrets she wants to share, and she wants to share it with each child who reads this book....

'The Colors of Myself' by Dr. Karen Hutchins Pirnot is written in poetry prose form of illustrations of a four-year-old child in which his illustrations are painted to represent the thoughts in his mind. The words relate to the child's feelings during the time he...

This book is definitely intended for little girls, with the use of colors like pink, purple, yellow, and light green looming out from the cover illustrations. The illustrator, Julie Ross, created a dreamy image of a little girl lost in imagination. Each image matches the...