What kind of bread do you eat? Store-bought or homemade? Hugo eats store-bought bread at home, but when he visits his grandparents, he enjoys their homemade bread. On one visit, Grandad decides it’s time to teach Hugo how to make his special oatmeal bread. Together...

“Why would anyone come to hear me … and refuse to sit next to someone like me.” Profound words, but they certainly make one think. Hazel Scott was a trailblazer for African American rights in the United States. To many, however, she was known as...

Do you have a happy place? Someplace special only to you; someplace that makes you really happy? Is it fishing down by the lake with Grandpa? Or baking in the kitchen with Grandma? Or listening to music with Dad? Nora learns about happy places and...

Helen by Simon Spence is a playful version of Greek mythology that will appeal to children. Zeus, the king of the gods, fell in love with Princess Nemesis. Through magic, he turned both of them into wild geese that laid an egg along the lake...

Horace Henway was a regular kid but when he passed a little gas in class, the smell of it spread quickly. Horace turned redder than a beet as the sound was heard by every student in his class. His classmates held their noses as he...

Did you know that the albatross sleeps while flying high in the sky? I’m not sure I’d want to try that. Imagine if I flew into a mountain top, or another flying creature, or an airplane. All animals must sleep. Like us, they have their...

Hungry Henry was going to fly but he needed wings to fly and he realized he had no wings and would not be able to fly. He badly wanted to fly. Hungry Henry thought if he thought positively he would get creative solutions. Hungry Henry...

How Olly Met His New Family by Silviya Rankova is the cutest story about Danny and his family getting a new cat as their family pet. Danny was somewhat confused at first about being around a new pet that would share his home, but he...

Hueslandia: At Another Time . . . At Another Place is a work of fiction with strong themes of social issues pertaining to race and inequality, amongst other issues, and was penned by author Michael Murphy. Alongside illustrator Carissa McDonald, this informative and engaging book...

When Everest, a cockapoo puppy full of life and forever active, was adopted and brought home to his fur-ever home, he was skittish and didn’t trust anyone. He had been abused in his previous homes and he was hesitant to trust anyone new. He even...