Katie Pye has written half-a-dozen Fairytale Fraud books in which she tells a different, but just as likely, version of well-known stories. Breaking News is her charming version of Humpty Dumpty. Humpty’s dad is the safety-minded king who keeps the doors to the kingdom locked...

Young Deegan loved to play on the swings and soar in the playground even though he did not have wings. His classmates did not go near him as they felt his claws were too sharp to join in their games and he was odd and...

It’s very hard when someone you love is sick and needs to be treated at the hospital. When Emily’s mom tells her that she is very sick and needs to visit lots of doctors and perhaps even be treated for her illness at the hospital,...

Can a baseball team depend on winning with one of their players having extremely stinky feet? This is what Little League Baseball team The Mighty Hitters think about Pete McGee's extra smelly feet and his lucky stinky socks. Just maybe this has been their good...

In The King's Decree by Torina Kingsley, Princess Devina loved to fill everyone's lives with joy but everything changed when she became fifteen. From that day on, the sunshine disappeared from her heart and facing each day became a struggle. Although her parents tried to...

Daisy Moves to America is a social issues picture book for children, grades k-3, written by Elyssa Nicole Trust and illustrated by Alvin Adhi. Daisy loved everything about her life in the UK. When her mom announced that the family was moving to the US,...

A little girl discovers that sometimes it pays to slow down and wait in the enchanting children's picture book, Impatient Patience (What I Tell Myself) by Michael A. Brown. Patience is an eight-year-old girl with a penchant for always rushing through life. Her older sister...

Little Medusa desperately wants to play outside with the other children. The only problem is, like her namesake in Greek mythology, whenever people look into her eyes, they turn into stone. And, like the Greek mythological monster (though Little Medusa is only a child and...

Robbie was a curious robot who looked beyond the deepest valley and past the tallest mountain. He was full of love and found inspiration in the sky above. Robbie loved looking at the full moon and he decided to pull it down. The moon started...

What is your all-time favorite fairy tale? I think mine is Beauty and the Beast. What if the Beauty in the story really is the beast? Twist the original tale around and re-tell it and you can create another version of what it means to...