Starting middle school can be challenging, especially if your differences make you stand out. Ben’s eating habits have been the same since he started school. Lunch consisted of a plain bagel, some pretzels, and two Hershey's Kisses. Nothing wrong with that, except everyone else has...

Pessimistic Permelia and the Worst Day Ever by Melanie Hawkins introduces Permelia, who believed that everything was always going to go wrong for her. Falling off her swing on a beautiful day proved her right. Realizing that she had math homework didn’t help either. After...

The most powerful force in the world is love. In I Love You Always & Forever: Siempre Te Voy Amar, Marisela Marquez explains how powerful and important love is. It is written to help children understand the abstract idea of love and how to love...

Noel Foy has created an excellent title for this engaging story that changes Max’s life, maybe forever. One day, Max and his friends are having a great time playing Max’s favorite game, Hide and Seek. Unfortunately, the perfect place Max chooses to hide is not...

Someone for Sasquatch is a children's fantasy adventure tale by Jeanne Moran. Periwinkle Giggletwirls is a Friendship Fairy who stumbles upon an ingenious way to form a bond of friendship between two humans, a method resolutely scoffed at by Master Carmine Valentine. He prefers to...

My Skating Dream by Nancy Whiteford opens with a tired little girl named Sassafrass, who dreamed of becoming an awesome skater like her friends - Alex, Paige, and Moonpreet. They regularly encouraged each other. She planned to work hard on stretching her legs, pointing her...

Have you ever been hungry and angry all at the same time? Have you ever met someone hungry and angry? Quite often hungry kids tend to be difficult to deal with or please. For most kids, it seems as if anger kicks in once they...

Anger is a Storm (Emotion Series) is written and illustrated by Lauren Martin. In this story, the main character discovers all the ways anger finds its way into everyday life. Triggered by moments of not getting what is wanted, the child expresses anger in several...

Ready... Set... Frog! written by Katharine Mitropoulos and illustrated by Laura Watson is a modern-day fable about helping others while sticking up for yourself. When Frog learns about an upcoming obstacle race, he is eager to enter. However, it seems that every attempt he makes...

Sometimes it’s hard making friends, especially if you’re shy and you like to do things that others don’t like. For example, Jasper likes looking for and studying bugs. He spends recess in the dirt looking for bugs. The other children make fun of him, but...