Sometimes it’s difficult to be different: having different clothes, different hairstyles, and so on. However, it can also be cool. For one thing, if you’re not wearing the same outfits as everyone else, you’ll stand out a little more. You’ll be a novelty. Wearing bright...

The Bully Brigade: The Turn Over is a social issues novel for children, grades 4-6, written by Tamala Floyd. Petey, Diego, Ruthie, Pudge, Bustah, and Charlie are Misfit Elementary’s bully brigade. They have a thing about bullying and the misery bullies inflict upon their victims,...

We All Have Sacred Spaces is an educational picture book for children written by Rev. Dr. Vicki Michela Garlock. The author introduces her subject with a discussion about how people may speak different languages and have different personalities. They may have different belief systems also...

Amelia the Mouse: Inventor Extraordinaire is a children’s educational picture book written by J.W. Kohler and illustrated by Kate Fallahee. If there’s one thing that excites Amelia about getting up every morning, it’s the new day’s opportunities to create even more ingenious inventions. Amelia sees...

Change is never easy. When Mattie Boombalatty, her parents, and Grandaddy move to the city so her father can work, Mattie has to attend a new school. Making friends isn’t easy for Mattie. The girls at the new school bully her relentlessly, calling her all...

Yogi Superhero: The Yogi Superhero Series is an educational picture book for children written by Anna Smithers and illustrated by Martyna Nejman. Smithers is a yoga teacher and therapist who works with children, ages 4-12. The Yogi Superhero program forms the basis for this book...

Jackie Wins Them All is a children’s coming-of-age picture book written by Fabian Ferguson and illustrated by Alisa Aryutova. Jackie J. Spade is a gifted sixth grader. She’s won every contest she's ever entered. Whether it’s academics or athletics, Jackie seems to have inexhaustible talent,...

The Adventures of Henry the Hedgehog: Hiding in the Forest by Dr. Renea Skelton is a children’s illustrated book about friendship and fear. Henry the hedgehog and Olivia the otter, who are friends living in the woods, meet up with Brock the beaver. Brock is...

Leif's First Halloween is a holiday-themed adventure story for children and preteens written and illustrated by Susan Hathiramani and Adaya Dosch. Zelda lived in a warm and cozy house with her four cats, and her best friends, Waldo, the werewolf, and Louise, who just happened...

There is so much one can do on the computer, from surfing the net to chatting with friends you’ve never met, and so much more. It’s scary, really. And then there’s the growing unease around cyberbullying. Bullies have existed since the beginning of time, but...