In Nancy Kunhardt Lodge's Princess Fusspot's Plan, explorers who called themselves Fusspots left a legacy of seriousness and cleanliness in well-defined rules. In their land full of straight lines, six-year-old Princess Francesca Fusspot finds a forbidden magical tower, altering the course of her life. The...

The Littlest Giraffe is a delightful children's picture book by Joey Gossett. It follows the adventures of Seymour, a young squirrel who wishes to be a giraffe more than anything else in the world. Living in the elm tree near the downtown zoo, Seymour enjoys...

Katarina Pliego wrote Emilia Tries the Cello to help introduce children to the marvelous world of classical music. Emilia gets dressed up to attend a concert with her family to hear Verdi’s music. This experience leads Emilia to explore the various instruments used in a...

The King and the Ogre by William Joseph Birrell is 'A Book About Kindness, Caring, and Acceptance.' The great King Liam loves to look out over his town, watching the people go about their daily lives. Every year, he invites them all up to his...

Definitely (A Story of Kindness and Empathy), written by Sara Brown and illustrated by Anastasia Dragunova, is a children’s book on school life that would appeal most to an audience of parents and young children. Mathew is a young boy who is excited about school,...

Ice Cream Dream by Cazzy Zahursky tells the story of a young boy who excitedly visits his favorite ice cream shop with his mother, hoping to purchase a scoop of his favorite flavor, vanilla. When the shop attendant informs him that the store is all...

Waiting For You / Esperando Por Ti by Mikayla Ruvalcaba is a bilingual children's book depicting pregnancy in an age-appropriate way to help parents express their excitement and longing in the months leading up to the baby's arrival. It's a great book for young children,...

The night before Easter, we find Cora on her bed, wide awake. She is excited to catch a glimpse of the Easter Bunny, hiding colored eggs in their garden at night. When Cora hears a mysterious sound, she immediately shines her flashlight through the window....

In Gabriel’s Tooth Fairy Tale by Sharon Leya and Jennifer Saylor, a boy named Gabriel, who enjoys building rockets in his makerspace and dreams of space travel, prepares for bed and places a lost tooth under his pillow. That night, he is awakened by the...

A Santa for Everyone, written and illustrated by Nicole Kimball Ostrowksi, shares a beautiful message about acceptance and unity. Children often wonder how Santa can appear or be portrayed in different ways. Santa explains how he may have light or dark skin, many colors of...