Suzanne Lowe’s The Pirate Princess and the Sirens’ Song is the sequel to the award-winning Pirate Princess and the Golden Locket and it continues on with Lotty, her dog Mr. Jacks, and her newfound family. Despite being treated as an outcast by most of the...

How would you react if your grandma told you that your grandfather was abducted by aliens? That is how George at the Speed of Light by Greg Trine begins, and it causes George to think his grandma is crazy. But then he and his brother...

In Marty’s Fellowship of the King’s Armor by Cindy Black, we learn that the King’s Armor was worn as a sign of loyalty, love, and protection but along the way pride and greed among creatures in the animal kingdom caused the armor to be split...

Lemar is a little girl who loves to “read, imagine, and invent things.” On the day before her birthday, Lemar found a green gem while digging in the garden. She asked her Tati if she thought it was magical. Tati’s reply was that she did...

It took Would You Like A Giant Ginger Garbula? to make me realize just how much we ask of children when we start teaching them to read and, most of all, learn to enjoy it. Few of the twenty-six letters comprising the English language stay...

Ruffing It by Greg Trine is a cute, funny children's story about a magic trick gone wrong. A boy named Mike wants to change his little sister into a frog for eating his homework, but his best friend Charlie, who is present during the attempt,...

Mollie’s Magical Tooth: A Tooth Fairy Magic Land Adventure by Jana Buchmann is a picture book beautifully illustrated by Lara Korotenko in vivid colors. She, in collaboration with Jana Buchmann, instantly picks up on the unicorn theme and the fact that most little girls like...

Mulrox and the Malcognitos by Kerelyn Smith is a fun read for all ages that's funny, charming, and an all-around delight. Mulrox is an ogre with a big dream. He would do anything to become a poet, but so far, all of his ideas have...

Halloween comes alive with real monsters when an object falls from the sky and a sinister being rains disaster on a small Indiana town. With no adults to help them, a group of children has to save the world in the thrilling middle-grade adventure novel,...

The Golden Legions of Hope is the third book in the Keys of Being Trilogy by Nan C. Cataldi. In this nail-biting end to the Keys of Being Trilogy, Nicky Kirkland faces dangers far worse than he can imagine. The moment Nicky becomes the Guardian...