What does it really mean when someone tells you “to think outside the box”? Does it mean to do things backward? Or upside down? Or to take things apart just to put them back together again – in a different way? Perhaps ‘thinking outside the...

Donkey-Donk is a miniature donkey who loves to go on adventures. He’s decided he wants to hike up Mount Washington. Not an easy trek, to be sure. And definitely one that requires a high level of physical fitness. So, no more popcorn, and lots more...

Everyone needs a friend to talk to or to play with. Even an imaginary friend can be the best thing ever. So when a little girl goes sailing with her father and older brothers, she’s thrilled to meet a seal named Mary, a seal with...

Meet Tommy, the circus clown who lost his clothes before the show in the story The Clown's Clothes by Eszter Molnar. Tommy had lost his trousers, hat, and his right shoe and he was really sad as he walked back to his caravan. He thought...

The Web Paige Chronicles by Emilio Iasiello is about a twelve-year-old computer whiz, who is called Web by her friends. As Web works on other people's computers, she tries to help them do better in the future with cybersecurity. She describes and explains how and...

The Taino people lived in a beautiful land filled with rolling hills and bright flowers and Alida was the daughter of the chief of the Taino tribe. Far beyond the trees, there was a pool at the base of a waterfall and that was Alida's...

The Fairies of Frost know they have finished with their play when the wind's chill has gone and the snow has melted away. Whiff was there to greet and he sang of the warmer days that were going to come. Nimble was happy because of...

It happened one particular Tuesday in June after all the people had left and the zoo gates had clanged shut. The tiger announced the arrival of the great swap shop. All the creatures had heard of the swap shop and they were glad that it...

The Last Honey Bee is a children’s picture book from Wayne Gerard Trotman’s Rhyming Stories series. Manderlee is a very sad honey bee. Humans destroyed the thriving bee colony she lived in with fire and poison. The queen bee, drones, and worker bees perished, but...

We are never too young or too old to enjoy a good fairy tale, to learn the possible messages they convey and to just savor the feel-good aspects of the happily-ever-after. When the tree fairies are assigned their individual trees to nurture and protect, there...