As Shakespeare once wrote, “All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players,” and that’s exactly what the young children in The Leading Role by Tuula Pere are eager to do. It begins one day when a young girl, Emma, discovers...

In Thomas and the Magic Violin by Tuula Pere, a young boy is determined to get a difficult composition for his school’s concert just right. While his friends are outside, Thomas is practicing inside with the windows open, worried that his neighbors are tired of...

A little girl and her stuffed animal friend head off on a dreamy adventure in Kiera & Lamby: Madrid by Nicole O’Connor. It starts in Kiera’s bedroom, where she and her pal, Lamby, hop on a floating blanket to begin a magical adventure. They soon...

Lenny's Big Baseball Road Trip by David A. Janover, PE, is a fun, illustrated story for kids. Lenny Miller’s dad has a surprise for him—this summer, he wants to go on a journey and visit all thirty Major League Baseball stadiums in the country. Lenny...

Ralph Waldo Emerson once said, “The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be,” and in Olivia Dives In by Melissa-Sue John and Olivia Lauren John, the title character must decide who she wants to be. Olivia Lauren is...

Getting Ready for My Endoscopy by Fei Zheng-Ward is a gentle children’s picture book that helps young readers feel calm and prepared before an upper endoscopy. Written by a board-certified anesthesiologist, the book speaks directly to children who may be nervous about going to the...

Some of us find it very difficult to stand up in front of others and speak. Livy Lou has that problem; she’s very quiet and shy. In Sally Lou Loveman’s Livy Lou Lovely Loves to Speak, Livy Lou finds her voice and her courage, and...

There is a blue bird in the forest that loves to sing a cheery song. All the wildlife around enjoys her singing. In Teresa Whitaker Smith’s book, Blue, this blue bird has everything she needs nearby: food, clean water, and a safe tree in which...

Yellow Boot Gets Stuck in the Mud by J. Loretta follows a bright yellow boot that comes off Right Foot during a rainy run along a muddy path. Right Boot is left behind while a little girl, pulled along by her dog, keeps running home...

Sloths and Their Moths by Katie Lee Reinert is a fascinating and charming children’s book about the real-life symbiotic relationship that exists between sloths and several species of moths found living in the fur of sloths. When the sloths of the tropical rainforests of Central...