Mighty May Won’t Cry Today is a regular read for my household and soon became a favorite. This is because co-authoring team of Kendra and Claire-Voe Ocampo has written a beautiful story about expectations, setbacks, and overcoming. In the story, May is excited to start...

Success stories offer the opportunity to learn from change agents. The decisions they make to achieve successful outcomes can inspire our creativity, strategies, and approach. A few years ago, the problem of social discrimination due to skin color was prevalent and Dr. Glenda Glover experienced...

I'm Having a Bad Day is the story of Jam, a boy who, on getting up in the morning, is confused about what day of the week it was. This triggered several events that caused him to have unhappy experiences at school. In addition to...

Elissa Kerr shares a story about an annual late-winter tradition in her children's book The Sweetest Season. This rhyming tale follows a young girl and her dad as they set out to make maple syrup. In the northern parts of the United States and Canada...

In The Adventures of Tippy Tappy: The Lost Peanut by Nicole Marie Maniedeo and Amanda Louise Sajous, a gray squirrel, Mrs. Graytail, has lost her prized peanut. She had buried it safely beneath the willow tree, but now it’s gone. Tippy Tappy, the dog, and...

What do you know about yourself? Did you know that you are one of a kind, unique, beautiful, and resilient all in your own way? You’re also creative, smart, honest, caring, generous, unstoppable and so much more. But best of all, you are important, precious,...

Amora is a princess who can have anything she wants, yet she is not happy. She has doubts that she cannot resolve, such as whether she is pretty enough. It seems a simple question. However, by asking several people, she gets different answers about beauty,...

Do you have a dream? Do you want to be something great, something that will make everyone notice you? Perhaps you’re too short or too slow. Perhaps you’re afraid of something that will impede your progress. Normal Norm by Chad Hayward describes somebody who has...

Adeline in a Gymnastics Jam is a short story by Martha Louise that follows a young talented gymnast as she adapts to a new environment in the pursuit of her dreams. Tired of her old routine and eager to learn new moves and rise up...

Prometheus by Simon Spence is the latest addition to the Early Myths series. Spence has adapted the ancient Greek tales for a younger audience. Prometheus focuses primarily on Zeus and Prometheus and their ongoing struggles, which include Prometheus's creation of humans and the introduction of...