We’re all different, from our skin color to our hair, from the color of our eyes to how tall, skinny, or plump we are. Each difference makes us unique, special. But the differences don’t define us. These differences don’t make us different. We’re all the...

It’s sad when you think about it that in this day and age of knowledge at one’s fingertips, people are still afraid of the unknown. Take, for example, sickle cell disease. It’s not like a bacterial or viral infection that will spread from one person...

Hatch! is a children’s animal picture book written by Cassie Hoyt and illustrated by Amanda Crawford Brown. What mysteries are contained in eggs! They are all mostly round or ovoid, and the moment that a creature will emerge from an egg is usually preceded by...

Corona Daze is a children’s social issues picture book written and illustrated by Jennifer Angel. Eva was fine when she was told that she had to stay home that first day. It was only a day, right? There were things she could do at home....

Mommy, I Need My Wheels is a children’s picture book written by Jeanne Fortune and illustrated by Blueberry Illustrations. Eddy’s bike is missing its training wheels, and Eddy’s mom isn’t helping him to find them. You see, his dad removed the training wheels so Eddy...

In the adorable story Do Ants Wear Pants?, Gabrielle Grice talks about different animals by asking questions about them. “Do foxes sleep in boxes? Do goats ride in boats?” These are just two animals that the author writes about in this book! There isn’t much...

It took Would You Like A Giant Ginger Garbula? to make me realize just how much we ask of children when we start teaching them to read and, most of all, learn to enjoy it. Few of the twenty-six letters comprising the English language stay...

Alamo Tree: The History Tree Series, Volume 1 is an educational picture book for children written by Tana S. Holmes and illustrated by Mahfuja Selim. The author is an educator and lover of nature who uses story trees to ignite an interest in history in...

In Elephant, Please! by Maureen Kauzlarich, when a little boy decides that the perfect pet for him would be an elephant, he thinks finding one will be easy. He dreams of all the exciting things he and his new elephant pet can do together. He...

Elliot isn’t happy that his Aunt Maple is coming over to babysit him. He knew it would a long and boring day, which is something he wanted to avoid. In order to have a day free of his aunt, Elliot created a robot named Ellibot...