I’m sure you love homemade cookies. Billy certainly does. In Pria Dee’s Billy Makes Cookies, Billy takes the initiative to bake some cookies all by himself. After all, it can’t be that difficult. He watched his mother make cookies often enough. His mother’s gone shopping,...

The Counselor's Daughter by Claire Pence is about the value of promises, loyalty, and the power of an unexpected friendship. At first, Emma reluctantly accepts her mother's request to befriend Mary Ann. Her best friend, Scarlett, is also unconvinced because of the less popular girl's...

Do you keep your room tidy? Do you always put things away when you’re done with them? In Pria Dee’s Molly and the Lost Dance Shoes, Molly has a valuable lesson to learn about putting her things away. She has an important dance recital coming...

Words Tangled by Olivia Von Holt is a touching coming-of-age graphic novel about Sophie, a young girl figuring out life with dyslexia and bilingualism. Her journey takes her from Germany to a whole new world in America and, along the way, she faces the challenge...

In Liam Lion Lost At The Bloomsburg Fair by Jessica D. Adams, every child’s worst nightmare comes to life: losing their childhood stuffed toy! Eric, the story’s main character, unknowingly takes his stuffed lion, affectionately named Liam, to the Bloomsburg Fair with his family. When...

My Mommy is in Heaven is a children’s book by Dr. Shawna L. Della Cerra and Alexander R. Della Cerra. The story is about the journey of a young triceratops who has lost her mother. The story follows the little dinosaur through ordinary moments—doing laundry,...

Children’s books are incredibly powerful vehicles of social messaging. When a book is written for a younger audience, it not only has the opportunity to teach and create space for challenging conversations among children but for their parents and caretakers as well. In My...

Mary L. Schmidt and Michael Schmidt help children overcome grief in Shadow. Shadow was a long-haired Dachshund greatly loved by ten-year-old Nanci, eight-year-old Tim, and their parents. The children loved spending time with Shadow and grew concerned when Shadow started slowing down. Shadow was old,...

Mr. Oddyman was the city's museum caretaker. The students at a nearby school were joyful when their principal announced his retirement. Mr. Oddyman was grumpy and made their trips to the museum miserable. In A Museum Robbery by Tuula Pere, students, including Emma and Oliver,...

Donald James teaches some deep, spiritual lessons in Tommy’s Balloon: A Tale of Purpose, Restoration, and Joy. Tommy’s father is an inventor who gives him a very special balloon filled with helium. While Tommy is playing with his prized possession, his older brother, Stan, grabs...