Flintebetty Flonagan was walking back home in the evening when she saw a poster on the wall. It read 'Booger Hunter's Apprentice Wanted' and the address was for a house that was a mile out of town. Flintebetty set off and she found a cottage...

Sammy Shark was not feeling well. He tried eating tuna but his teeth hurt and then his stomach felt uneasy when he had soft seaweed. Sammy knew everything was not all right when he felt dizzy while swimming. Sammy went to his neighbor Stacy Starfish,...

My Very Special Scar by Jameeliah Joy Hadley is the story of a young pup who used to run, climb, jump, and dance. He loved playing on the swing. The young pup fell sick when he was six and his mother took him to the...

Another creative take on children’s picture books is Secret Garden: The Amazing Life of Caterpillars by Fei Fei Chiam. Simple yet engaging, it poetically narrates the life cycle of butterflies in short bursts of verses per page. While the grownups among us are well aware...

Paw Prints: Bodie’s Search For Home is the story of a cat, Bodie, who finds herself in a perilous situation. Bodie is a homeless cat who lives off the food left for her by generous restaurant staff. One day, however, the food isn’t there, and...

Robbie Learns To Read is a children’s picture book written by Debra Ison and illustrated by Anni Scotti. Growing up in the Great Forest with his parents and his big brother Ted, Robbie was quickly learning all the bear skills he would need as he...

I Thank God For You by Rose Duffy is a wonderful book that will introduce children to the importance of being grateful, forgiving, loving, confident, appreciating even the smallest of things, having faith in God, having values, and being good-natured from a very early age....

It’s OK to Be Different, written by Sharon Purtill and illustrated by Sujata Saha, is a children’s picture book celebrating children who have the courage to be themselves, and to accept others as they are. When children learn that diversity is positive, it becomes natural...

Meet Professor Petey, the bold and true explorer in the story The World According to Professor Petey by Stephen K. Scott. Professor Petey loved visiting libraries because reading books fired his imagination and took him on a magic carpet ride. He thought he was a...

In Arrow the Sky Horse: The Discovery by Melody Huttinger, Meadow (13 years old) and her family, including a few horses, move from Oregon to Arizona as the family took an offer to work there, leading dude tours on horseback. During the drive to...