Santa Skips Christmas!?! is a children’s picture book written by Michelle Luise Walters with illustrations by Natalie Merheb. For many years, Santa has spread joy and cheer around the world. Every Christmas Eve, he waves goodbye to Mrs. Claus and flies his sleigh, giving gifts...

Eight-year-old Cayden is in for an unexpected adventure, one that involves a younger person living with his family for an extended period of time. In Elizabeth Lizu’s My Little Cousin, it wasn’t easy at first, but Cayden learned to accept his little cousin moving into...

Rosie the Silkie Hen is a children’s picture book written and illustrated by Marian Gardner. It follows Rosie, a black-feathered Silkie hen who wishes to wear clothes. She knows this has never been done before. Chickens did not wear clothes, but she was about to...

All That Glitters Is Not Gold by Emily Rose Brubaker follows Willow, a girl who lives in Alaska. She is drawn to the light during long summer days and winter nights filled with northern lights. When Willow receives a rather plain gray cup at breakfast,...

The Hermit’s Hut follows Francis, a children’s author who leaves his city apartment after his books lose readers and moves into the mountains near his friend Erasmus, an old, half-deaf shepherd. Francis builds a small cottage and spends his days walking, foraging, and passing long...

The Fox and the Garbage War by Tuula Pere will teach children about critical thinking and the dangers of ambition. In this story, Francis the Fox is disappointed after his campaign to become mayor fails. However, he decides not to give up and creates a...

The Christmas Starfish by J.B. Auchter is a holiday picture book that takes readers beneath the waves for a seasonal adventure in Cape Cod Bay. Framed as a story shared on a winter night, the tale imagines Santa’s sleigh gliding not only through the sky...

In A Stargazer by Tuula Pere, Aylin is a young girl who falls ill with a high fever. While resting, she finds comfort and a bit of magic from the starry sky just outside her window. A glowing visitor named Vesper appears, and Aylin’s sure...

As Shakespeare once wrote, “All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players,” and that’s exactly what the young children in The Leading Role by Tuula Pere are eager to do. It begins one day when a young girl, Emma, discovers...

In Thomas and the Magic Violin by Tuula Pere, a young boy is determined to get a difficult composition for his school’s concert just right. While his friends are outside, Thomas is practicing inside with the windows open, worried that his neighbors are tired of...