Many reptile families, such as frogs, snakes, lizards, and crocodiles, lived around the beautiful lake at the edge of the Happy Forest. All the baby reptiles had gathered, and they were eager to learn and make new friends on their first day at Kindergarten. Miss...

Stroganoff is a miniature dachshund, short and long, but full of heart and love. His day begins with a wake-up song. It’s a silly song, really, but Stroganoff doesn’t mind because he knows it’s sung with love. He shares his daily routine of eating, walking...

Do you believe in magic? Mia does. She understands that real magic comes from deep within a person. How is that possible? Well, she sees a new girl sitting all alone in the cafeteria and makes the effort to be friendly. Both Mia and the...

Who’s That I Hear? is a children’s picture book by DJ Hill. It’s about a little boy who is afraid to go to sleep because there is a monster lurking around in his bedroom. “Bump, scritch, scratch” is the scary noise he hears and he...

James really wants some chocolate milk. Why? Well, he needs it to grow big and strong, to fly to Jupiter, to find a missing treasure, to be the President of the United States. In fact, James needs chocolate milk so badly, he’s become a super-imaginative...

Daniel is worried about something. He has butterflies in his stomach and he can’t eat or focus on anything. His parents reassure him that everything is going to be okay, that he can do this, but he’s not so sure. When bedtime comes, he climbs...

My Girl The World by Heather Themm is a mother’s invitation to her daughter for her child to be exactly who she is and, in this pursuit, to be all that she can be. It’s a wonderfully positive declaration from mother to child. Any mother,...

Teachers and parents will love What Should I Do When I Feel Worried? as an introduction to a discussion about feelings of worry and anxiety and how to handle them. Author Charlie Lumière wants children to recognize when they’re feeling worried and then how to...

Jam is a jelly jar. Then there’s Snap the pickle, Phil the paper bag and, the story’s protagonist, Pepper, the potato. Pepper’s friends find him buried in dirt and, you guessed it, dirty. They want to clean Pepper before they go to the fair by...

We live surrounded by holes. Things we may take for granted, like doorways and windows, are really holes in our walls. They let us go from room to room or go outdoors. If we open a window we can let the breeze come in. A...