The story begins with Little Brother’s birthday approaching in The Holiday Boys Make A New Friend by Onicka J. Daniel. Little Brother is having trouble with his classmates and he does not understand why some of his classmates are playing practical jokes on him. He...

Armored Armadillo to Zippy Zebra: An Alliterative Anthology of Animals, written by Carol Baker and illustrated by Izzy Bean, is a delightful book with whimsical pictures for each letter of the alphabet. The alliteration of phrases like “an armored armadillo ambling across abundant active anthills”...

Joshua and Stranger Danger is a children’s picture book written by Joan E. Derrick and illustrated by Laila Savolainen. Seven-year-old Joshua was on his own that afternoon after school came out. He usually had his older brother for company, but Ethan wasn’t there that day....

Giorgie's Christmas Dinner is a holiday-themed picture book for children written by Joan E. Derrick and illustrated by Laila Savolainen. Summer in Australia can get very hot, and people make sure to get all their chores finished early in the day. It’s almost Christmas, and...

Marina is preparing the body pit to lay her eggs and she is working on camouflaging it from sea turtle egg predators. Ten-year-old Elizabeth and her family come across a sea turtle nest in Sea Billows by Jill Watson Glassco. Tropical Storm Cindy is supposed...

Warrior Princess is a children’s picture book written by Kris Ayers and illustrated by Tina Unrein. In the small, hidden magical village of Feliz, all residents are openly welcomed with a smile. The Warrior Princess of the village, Kiana, spends each day and night patrolling...

One, Two, Three: Learn to Count - Funny Nursery Rhymes by Anri Laran is a book that will help children learn to count from one to twenty-one quickly. The book has a very different way of introducing children to counting, which makes learning fun. The...

Carliss Maddox's #thebuildup: 12 Daily Affirmations for Young Boys of Color covers the important subject of self-belief and how this can be improved with simple daily affirmations. In today's society, children have high expectations of themselves when they are very young, and through media, parents...

In Aww Fishsticks by Lenora Riegel, Pax the Perch lives in Seneca Lake with his mother, and he dreams of swimming to the swishing, cascading waterfall. But Pax is nervous and doubts his ability to achieve this. With encouragement from his mother, Pax sets off...

Dragonfly Surprise by Theresa A. O’Kane is the story of Claire, a little girl who is brave enough to overcome her fears. Claire hates bugs. One day, while she is sitting by a lake in Minnesota, a monstrous brownish-green beetle creeps towards her and places...