Seven-year-old Madison is excited to be taking tennis lessons. However, things don’t go quite as she thought they would. After watching tennis on television, she dreamed big about succeeding on the tennis court. At first, she couldn’t even hit the ball. With lots of tears...

Francis did not want to go to school; he was nervous, and his mom tried telling him how things can turn out better than expected. Francis was still nervous about his first day of school but his mom told him about a secret superpower termed...

Kubwa the hippopotamus saw Zuri the giraffe as he peered above the river water level. Zuri had long legs, a neck that stretched high, and was skinny. Even her nose was skinny, and Kubwa called her skinny. Zuri was annoyed and she told Kubwa that...

If you liked the Disney movie Cars, you’ll love the book Car Show Countdown. Outstanding illustrations made me want to open and read the book, while the rhyming story kept me interested. Each vehicle has a name and a number, which should help children learning...

Freddie and the Veggies is an illustrated picture book written and illustrated by Ngozi Edema. Freddie is a young boy who loved his diet of sweets and other delicious treats. He smiles brightly as he feasts on foods that have little or no nutritional value....

Next time you hide under your bed during a thunderstorm, perhaps you should think of Beau’s mother’s wise words: “...that it’s all just a show/ And I should be applauding instead.” As children, we were all told different creative variations on what thunder is, as...

Ella Plant Plants a Tree is Book 1 in the Ella Plant Series for children by Michael Amaral. Ella Plant is a nature-loving elephant. She couldn’t wait to go to school because she had her favorite subject today which was science. Mrs. Raffe taught about...

Have you ever heard of a Kakapo or an Aye Aye? Or how about a Bumblebee Bat or a Saola? I haven’t either. But these are some pretty weird animals. The sad part is that these animals are endangered, like the Bumblebee Bat which is...

Girls Can Be Anything is a children’s book written by Dr. Tamecca Rogers, the Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at Tulsa Technology Center, and London Love, a third-grader herself. The story takes place on Inauguration Day in America when Kamala Harris becomes the new...

Belle Brown packs a lot into her latest book, Nia the Narwhal Explores the Christmas Ocean. At the beginning of the book, Brown includes information on sight words and their importance. She has highlighted these words in bold throughout the story. Nia the Narwhal loves...