I love how Simone Majetich writes most of her children’s story, My Greatest Masterpiece, in the second person narrative. This is a complex voice, but she uses it easily. The author is talking about her two children, young artists with a strong creative mindset, full...

When things can't get any worse, eleven-year-old Mae faces another crisis. In Dana Edwards's book Drive-Thru Miracle, Mae struggles with feeling shunned and left out. She loves her sister, Shelby, but something always happens to dampen the mood. Shelby has severe cerebral palsy and frequently...

Emy La Hormiga/The Ant by Esmeralda Pérez Cortés is a delightful children’s book that features a traveling ant named Emy who became lost in the woods on the way back to her home. While on her journey she came across a zoo, spread out before...

A young girl and her fluffy little dog enjoy seeing the wonders of nature found in their yard in Julie Nichole’s colorful children’s book In My Yard. The story’s characters see innumerable delights outside their home through large picture windows. Birdfeeders attract many bird species,...

And Sometimes Y is a children’s picture book by David Ross with illustrations by Bogdan Gărgărită. In a world of alphabetic letters, X, a consonant, and O, a vowel, fall in love and have a child, Y. Unfortunately, Y acts like both a consonant and...

Did you know that insects are considered a delicacy in many parts of the world? More than two billion people worldwide eat bugs. Do you know why? Because they are an excellent source of protein and contain amounts of vitamins and minerals needed by the...

Five Wallabies and One Dog Night is a children’s story by Fay Nelson inspired by her pets and told within the context of her Aboriginal culture. Three dogs, Rufus, Bunjee, and Poly, live on a farm in the bush with their human “mum” and a...

The Snow Monster by Jodi Dee is a picture book for young children that tells an unusual story of a young girl named Amia who made a wish on her birthday. Amia loved snow and her wish was to be able to eat all the...

Born in the middle of the year, a middle child, Jazz’s life had always been exceptionally mediocre. Be it her grades or her extracurricular performances, she was always in the middle of the spectrum. However, when her estranged uncle barged in on her ninth birthday...

A young boy named Levi loved fall and wanted to create a potion to remind him of his favorite things long after the season ended. Determining what to put into the potion presented a dilemma, but not for long. Levi went on a scavenger hunt...