Josh has a surprise package awaiting him after school. It’s from his Granddad. He unwraps it carefully and discovers a strange, blue stone inside. He studies it closely, but he doesn’t know what its significance is. In Mary Ann Hake’s Just a Piece of Stone,...

Sharing Baba’s Love by Frank Spradley is an inspiring story centered on Ayinde, a young boy growing up in a less-privileged urban neighborhood with his parents and three sisters. Despite facing challenges, Ayinde’s father, whom he affectionately called "Baba", worked tirelessly to provide a better...

Charlie and the Funky Monkeys Challenge by Michelle V Schreiner is a story about the value of believing in yourself. Charlie visits a museum with her twin brother, Oxford, and their parents. While separately exploring different areas, Charlie finds Oxford playing a video game with...

Saint Valentine the Kindhearted, retold and illustrated by Ned Bustard, shares the story of this great saint’s life through engaging poetry and delightful illustrations. Young readers will learn about where Saint Valentine lived, what life was like during his time, and how he always remained...

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...