What would you be able to do if you were an octopus? With eight legs, would you be able to do more things at once and get all those nasty chores out of the way faster? Shani T. Night’s picture book story, If I Were...

Imagine a land full of candy, where children can enjoy as much candy and sweets as they want, all kinds, all shapes, sizes, and there’s even a chocolate river flowing through its center. Will’s grandmother loves to tell stories of her childhood adventures to a...

Tiny Explorers: Into the Wild by Miro Tartan is a wonderful introduction to the natural world, filled with a plethora of activities. Tartan starts by explaining how important it is for kids to connect with nature and shares some of her own experiences. The thirty-three...

Happy Within by Marisa J. Taylor is a fantastic little book that will help all children learn to appreciate themselves. Marisa makes this book even more unique by having the text in both English and Spanish. As a bi-lingual book, Happy Within / Feliz por...

Sir_Scrap Metal is a children's adventure book written by Joan Dee Wilson. Eight-year-old Dree and her brothers, Mike and Brady, are in Lake Superior to spend the summer with their grandma in Cedar Cottage. While Mike and Brady visit Mr. Fitch's store to buy a...

Feelings: Understanding Through Rhyme is a brightly colored children’s book written by Susan Falkenhan and illustrated by Heather White. The book does exactly what the author hints in the title – it helps readers learn through rhyme. Each page is filled with colors and large...

Whatever you do to others will return to you twofold or more. How many times have we heard these words of wisdom? Vic is the youngest of seven children, all of whom live with their widowed mother. She works tirelessly for long hours to feed...

Yoga and cookies, what a clever combination! Margot Harris has written a fun story called Cookie Doughga: A Book about Yoga, Mindfulness, and Cookies! Maria and her Mama are busy making cookie dough when they decide to make the cookies in the shape of yoga...

Katina Chimney’s Keilah West: The World’s Greatest Klutz is a children’s picture book about a little girl named Keilah who stumbles a bit through the book, trying to find something that she’s good at. Whether cleaning the house or participating in outdoor activities, she just...

When Little Bella is adopted by a poor man who lived in the Alps of northern Italy, little did she know that she would be one of a pack of dogs, the other three dogs being much bigger and older. There was little food, as...