"The Adventures of Keeno and Ernest: The Banana Tree” by Maggie van Galen is a cautionary tale about the importance of following rules. Keeno is a mischievous monkey who craves adventure. Ernest is a wise young elephant, and Keeno’s best friend. When Keeno tries to...

Once upon a time there were three little monsters named Grouch, Grump and little Gloom ‘n’ Doom who lived in a dark monster castle on top of a dark monster hill. These three little monsters argued every day over who was the biggest, worst monster,...

In a literary world rife with paranormal characters and situations, "The King's Ransom" offers a refreshing and realistic approach to pre-teen medieval reading material. The three young protagonists come from different levels of society: a prince, a blacksmith's apprentice, and an orphan. When their friend,...

"The Ugly Bug Ball," written by Michelle Burns and Dr. Anissa Freeman and illustrated by D.S. Edwards, is a book that is filled with beautiful illustrations and a fantastic story about not judging others, cliques, bullying and courage. Stanley Stinkbug lives in a garden, a...

Olly Oogleberry made his first appearance in 1981 through the dawdlings of a restless seventh grader, Lou Hughes. Now after thirty years, Olly has resurfaced in the new children’s book “The Fabulous Adventures of Olly Oogleberry.” Olly is going on an adventurous mission to save...

"Lemon Dot Town is happy to be surrounded by love by the Lemon Dot Tree." And the town loves it back. The mutual love and respect is taught here using simple terms geared towards young children. Lemon Dot Town lives by the action of treating...

Camy De Mario's children's book "The World of Happy - Let's All Be Friends" is a cute book teaching that friendships can be formed across cultures. Happy, a red sea star, is bored and his friend helps him to fix up a boat and he...

"The Little Gnome" was written by Sheri Fink and illustrated by Mary Erikson Washam. This children’s story begins by introducing the Little Gnome to readers. Little Gnome was happy as he enjoyed the beautiful flowers, the singing birds, the whispering wind and the warm sunshine...

Congrats to 10 year old Jesse Dowell, the author of this children’s book, and to his parents as well, who have inspired his love of books and the desire to write at such a young age. I didn’t realize this book was written by a...

Sammy’s mom bought JoJo, the parrot, at a pet store, because he was so beautiful. JoJo was very happy with his best friend, Sammy, because Sammy would take him out of his cage and play with him every day; it was so much fun! But...