Be careful what you wish for. How many times have we been told that over the years? It’s a valuable lesson for all of us to learn, young and old. Young Robbie is about to learn this lesson, not from his parents, but from a...

Brazil always asks his girlfriend Delores for money in the storybook The Mongoose and the Princess by Cindy Christmas. He wants money to buy food, clothes, and jewelry. She is fed up with his begging and decides to go to the witch Nivea to cast...

Angry Octopus Color Me Happy, Color Me Calm: A Self-help Kid's Coloring Book for Overcoming Anxiety, Anger, Worry, and Stress by Lori Lite is an interactive and fun coloring book in which children get to see the Angry Octopus using great techniques to express his...

Bummer: Our Pet Bighorn Sheep by Jylene Morgan is an adorable non-fiction children’s book told from the point of view of the author’s daughter. The family, comprised of Mom (a teacher), Dad (a biologist with the Idaho Fish and Game Department), and four children (including...

Swoosh and Slide Search and Glide by Gail Kamer follows the adventures of a cute little alligator called Bess as she explores the river bank, endlessly searching for something special. Her journey takes her along the riverbank and we have to look for clues to...

Sean Wants To Be Messi by Tania Preminger is the adorable story of Sean, a second grader, who dreams of being like Messi. While doing his homework with his mom, Sean tells his mother that he does not need math as he is going to...

Hey Buddy, I’m your Body! by Agnes Deglon is an educational and insightful book and is the first in the series of Kids' Questions about Life. The book gives readers an introduction about life and how to take care of themselves. The book opens with...

Golden Sparkles: An Introduction to Mindfulness is an educational picture book for children written by Catarina R. Peterson and illustrated by Mateya Arkova. In her preface to this book, Peterson discusses what is known as mindfulness and how being mindful helps us learn “to pay...

Confessions of a Tween Superheroine: The Dunk'N Divaz Series, PlayBook 1 is a superhero fantasy novel for children and preteens written by J.M. Guy. How does a 12-year-old diva with her own jammin’ a capella group get to perform before Diaman Brungdee, the genius promoter...

A Big-Bear Birthday, Please! is a children’s picture book, written and illustrated by Ingrid Sawubona. A young boy asks if he can have a bear for his birthday. While some children want pets such as a cat, a dog or even a frog, the boy...