Since Juuji and his family arrived safely on Mars, he has made their welfare his priority. Chief among them is finding a way to get the Caterpillar they all call the Bus to transition into a butterfly. His previous attempts have failed, and as time...

The Butterfly and the Spider by Maryna Kiptsevich is a children’s story that opens with the birth of a butterfly named Violet. Each butterfly is born with special patterns on their wings that determine what their gift will be. Violet’s wings have musical notes. She...

Tannenbaum by Laurie Summers follows Nicola Hoffman, who is taken to her grandmother’s remote New Mexico home just before Christmas, where an ornate tree dominates the house. After falling asleep beneath it, Nicola wakes to find herself reduced in size inside the tree, surrounded by...

The Secret Cookie Caper by David Horn follows Eudora, a girl living aboard the AstroLiner Athena, where school days end in a cafeteria and ship announcements carry as much weight as homework. When the chief chef decides to base a full week of meals on...

The Mystery of A Nubbins by W. S. Wiist is a captivating coming-of-age fantasy for children. All Peter wants is to build a fort on the top of a rock his younger brother, Andrew, calls Falcon’s Head. Why does his little brother always distract Peter...

In The Girl of Magic and Dreams by Charity Tober, though only twelve, Sophia has unique abilities, being descended from Dream Watchers and infused with magic from the Sandman. Her powers are growing at a slower pace than she wants, and with the Council of...

In Trapped by Bella Olson, Ava is a smart 11-year-old inventor who lives with her parents and siblings. When she was not inventing some machine, she was dodging traps set by her younger twin brothers. Ava lived a happy and comfortable life until she took...

Hop on for a fantastical adventure in the magical world of Luminara with Jeff Orlowski's The Girl Without an Imagination. All the children in the world of Luminara are born with their Phanta -- radiant beings that dance above their heads, illustrating their imaginations. But...

In Kip Keith's The Claiborne Elementary Files: The Witch of Broken Fingers Forest (Book 2), bizarre events happen in an elementary school, prompting four friends to investigate the matter. Boomer, Carla, Dot, and Zap become entangled in solving a mystery involving Miss Good, a misunderstood school...

The Garden Friend by Mary Frances Baker is a fanciful, rhyming, beautifully illustrated story featuring an acorn-topped creature. The tale is in English, with a Spanish translation provided beneath each line of the poem. In the dark of night, the Garden Friend, through its senses,...