Needing help is not a bad thing. We all need help from time to time. It might be glasses to see better or hearing aids to hear better, or someone to talk to when depressed, or even someone to give extra help when you don’t...

Dana used pacifiers of different colors when she was a baby. She had them in yellow, blue, purple, red, and green but Dana only wanted her finger. It was cute when she was six months but when she grew older, anyone who saw her commented...

Let's meet Mac, the Macadamia nut who was a special nut. His friends Doodle and McNutt agreed that he was a special kind of nut and interesting too. Mac felt hot when it was cold and he slept on the floor at night though he...

Brianna L. DeVore's 12 Women In the Arts: Women Who Changed The World introduces readers to 12 women who rose to prominence in the world of arts and made lasting contributions with their creativity. Ananya Chatterjea and ADT (Ananya Dance Theatre), Lorraine Hansberry and her...

Andrew was confused. How would he get therapy on the computer? He had gotten dressed, put his shoes on, grabbed his bag, and even eaten his snack when he was asked to turn on his computer and sit down. He was told there was a...

Meet Pling, an exclamation mark in the storybook Pling's Party by Arielle Haughee. Pling makes things exciting for readers but the rule he must follow is that he can only be in a story twice. Let us read the story and start working with Pling....

In John Birks “Dizzy” Gillespie: A Man, a Trumpet, and a Journey to Bebop by Susan Engle and Luthando Mazibuko, we are introduced to one of history’s famous black musicians, John Birks “Dizzy” Gillespie, the creator of bebop. We learn that he had a passion...

Did you know there is a flower called the balloon flower? It’s so named because it puffs up like a balloon and then pops open. But can it talk? Alex thinks she hears them talking. Only she’s not quite sure what their “Pop, pop, bop”...

Brianna L. Devore's 12 Women In Media is an engaging and informative book that will give readers information about 12 women who made a difference to the world of media with their contributions. Whether it was Gwen Ifill, Samantha Bee, Oprah Winfrey, Helen Thomas, Donna...

Marne Ventura's 12 Women in Education takes a look at the 12 women who revolutionized education and left a lasting impression on the field of learning. Anne Sullivan had an eye disease at the age of five which nearly left her blind and it was...