“Twas the night before Christmas” is the well-known beginning of a very popular Christmas story about the magic of Christmas, the magic that entices young children to believe. But what about the magic for all living creatures? Does Santa visit all the animals of the...

Gentle George is written by Ken Mackenzie and Chris Stead. In a town with not many jobs available, mining was the way of life for men and young boys. Miners from the age of twelve and up would mine coal all day long with the...

The Adventures of Forkman: What’s That Noise? by Tiffany Caldwell and WR MacKenzie is a delightful book teaching children about table etiquette. This colorful book continues the teaching of Forkman from their first book, A Children’s Book of Etiquette: The Adventures of Forkman. The first...

Michelle Wagner’s Mickey on the Move is a true story about a deaf child named Mickey. Mickey is about to start his first day at his new school. However, Mickey is a bit different from the other kids: he needs cochlear implants for his ears,...

Sometimes the truth is just too difficult to share. So, a little white lie is easy enough to cover up the truth, but the thing is, a little white lie can multiply and become a great big lie. That’s what happened to Lucy. By covering...

The ABC’s of African American Inventions is written and illustrated by Kenneth R. McClelland. The entries in this book have been chosen to help kids learn their ABC’s and the history of African American inventions and the cultural diversity and number of people involved in...

One beautiful sunny day the Wolols decided to act out the classic story, Three Little Pigs. After Cowee helped make their costumes, the play started. Caco pig played the wolf and went to each little pig's house, just as the story tells. But it didn't...

Alphabet of Black Cultures by Jeffrey S Daniels lists several items and practices that have deep-seated roots in black culture in alphabetical order. On every page, there is a description to give the reader insight into the common use or function of the item or...

Weird & Wacky Creatures: Strange, Weird Animals That Share Our World!: The Weird & Wacky Planet Series: Volume 1 is a non-fiction, educational picture book for children written by K.B. Carr and illustrated by Kelsey Leigh. In this information-packed book, Carr introduces eight “weird and...

The Covid-19 pandemic has made life difficult for a lot of people. Children especially find it difficult to understand. They still want to play at the playground and visit with their friends. Murphy really wants to play with his best friend, Daisy. He’s sad when...