When Little Bella is adopted by a poor man who lived in the Alps of northern Italy, little did she know that she would be one of a pack of dogs, the other three dogs being much bigger and older. There was little food, as...

In Picture Perfect Jordan by Katrina Denise, we are introduced to a boy who has many talents. He could run fast, sing, play drums, as well as being a great reader and good at math. Despite all these strong attributes, Jordan was not good at...

Paula The Busy Bee: Shani and Friends by Shani T. Night is an excellent way to teach children about the importance of honeybees. The main character is Paula, a young worker bee. The author outlines Paula's jobs as she grows up; her first job is...

The First 12 Days of Preschool by Jeanette Bradley is a fun and rhythmic picture book depicting the first twelve days of preschool. The story spends one page talking about each day, using a short paragraph that coordinates with the Twelve Days of Christmas song....

There are more than one hundred billion stars in the universe, and since the beginning of humans living on Earth, there have been more than one hundred billion babies born. Pretty amazing, don’t you think? But did you know that everyone is like the stars...

Everyone one of us has experienced grief or will soon experience grief. Grief happens whenever we lose someone or something. J. R. Denney has authored The First Day Without Sunshine to help children deal with the subject of grief. He does an excellent job explaining...

Nini Bells is a seven-year-old girl with blonde curls and green eyes. She speaks two languages and loves to wear dresses. She is taken care of by a nanny named Pat. Pat is the only one around and Nini is close to her. Not only...

Outstanding illustrations will draw children into Adam’s Atomic Squirrel, and the story will keep them turning the pages. What will happen next? Who’s downstairs making that noise and how will they solve the problem? Author Florence McNeil Jones kept my curiosity at its pique and...

"Can you think of ways you can be kind to others?" This is the question that Orbit, a cute globe-shaped character, asks the very young readers of Ruth Maille's The Power of Kindness. In this illustrated and delightful children's book, young readers (and their parents)...

A little girl can’t sit still; it gives her the jitters. She has to run, stomp her feet, tap her fork on the table during mealtime – there are all kinds of neurosensory actions that calm the nerves, especially for someone who is neurodiverse or...