Elijah is determined not to let Jackie, a girl, strike him out in the storybook The World Is Mine by Keisha Jenkins. Jackie is not the sweet little girl she is outside the baseball field. She is smiling as if she has already won. She...

The Barnyard Buddies Stop for Peace by Julie Penshorn is a delightful storybook with a good message for young readers. The barnyard is peaceful and everyone is sunbathing. The rains come and everyone but the King complains. They all huddle together to keep warm...

Australia is awesome! I enjoyed learning about Australia in the book If You Were Me and Lived in... Australia: A Child’s Introduction to Culture Around the World. Author Carole P. Roman has researched the country, organized the information into topics, written and illustrated this children’s...

Israel Dilean’s illustrations throughout Shanalee Sharboneau's picture book, My Mama Loves Me: I’m Her Little Girl, have a timeless look that complements the words incredibly well. And those words have a rhythm that makes rhyme superfluous, popular though it is with children who enjoy having...

Tree Soldier is a children’s picture book written by Sarah M. Flores and illustrated by Maksym Stasiuk. Billy was feeling kind of bored with his toys, his games and just about everything. He didn’t live in a castle with golden floors, which he thought would...

Sarah's Shadow is a children’s picture book written by Nick Jones and illustrated by Si Clark. Yasmin Hughes seemed to take a perverse delight in tormenting and teasing Sarah, and the other kids always followed suit. When Yasmin pointed out that Sarah’s shadow was long...

What’s A Monster? Tales from Dulaney Street by Maurice Trent is the story of Oliver, a little boy who hates walking around at night, especially down the hall. That night he wants to go to the bathroom and his older brother Ty warns him that...

Meet Baryn, Bump’s new pet in Bump and the New Pet by T.D. Ashcraft. Bump found him in a tree, and Baryn is a rainbow rhino-bat. Baryn’s horn changes color with his mood. Bump does not shut the windows in time when Baryn starts to...

Cecilia’s Tale by Debbie Manber Kupfer is the adorable story of Cecilia the cat who has just woken up from a dream and she is hungry. She is waiting for her humans to come and feed her. Cecilia always felt humans lead complicated lives and...

If You Were Me and Lived in...Portugal: A Child’s Introduction to Cultures Around the World by Carole P. Roman takes children to Portugal, which is on the Iberian Peninsula in the most western part of the mainland of Europe. Portugal is named after the second...