Dumplings Mean Family by Jennifer Shaw is an adoption story based on the author's family. The Shaws have adopted three children from China into their family of five. Ethan, one of their adopted sons, narrates the story. He explains that when he and his siblings...

“We are all beautiful in our own unique ways.” Iman’s mother has often told her daughters to respect themselves and their inner beauty. It doesn’t matter what a person looks like or what they wear, everyone is, or at least has the potential to be,...

There is a special bond that exists between a dog and its owner. Young Dee shares that special bond with her Springer Spaniel, Chloe. They do everything together and Chloe watches out for Dee. Only, there’s one time when Chloe’s not fast enough to stop...

Pete the Picassofish is just one of the many colorful personalities you will meet in The Adventures of the Picassofish. Johanna Hurmerinta introduces Pete and a host of his other finned friends through the pages of this beautifully illustrated children’s book. Johanna tells an exciting...

There's a Stinky Monster Inside My Shoes, written by Melissa Diane Hudson, is a funny picture book for young children. A boy named Curtis struggles with a monster living in his shoes. The monster squeezes his toes and causes a nasty stench! The other kids...

You Can’t Kiss a Bubble, written by Karen A. Wyle and illustrated by Siski Kalla, is a love letter to soap bubbles – the kind you can blow with a wand. The little girl in the illustrations imagines playing with her bubble in the same...

One day in the Gingerbread mansion, a young boy named Henry wakes up to find something horrible has happened; the chocolate clouds have vanished. This causes panic within his family's empire and sparks fear among the workers. Luckily, Henry notices something that his mother failed...

Do you ever feel zany and want to escape? Perhaps you zigzag all over your home and your yard. All this zigzagging and zaniness might make you feel dizzy. I know it would make me feel dizzy. Zach is a zebra who, once wild, now...

It’s hard growing up. Children (and even adults) always find something wrong with a child and many love to tease and torment. You might be a geek or a brainy kid or even a bookworm. You might like to play rough outside with both boys...

Just Nuisance, the Sea-Dog, written and illustrated by Patricia Furstenberg, is an introduction to South Africa’s only sea dog that became a Royal Navy Seaman. His name was Just Nuisance because once when he was following a human sailor around on the ship’s deck, the...