C.J. Karpinski’s What A Mess, This Princess Dress follows a young girl who’s bursting with anticipation for her best friend’s birthday celebration. The focal point of her day is a pristine, bright red princess dress made of silky fabric with a beautiful sheen. Unfortunately, she...

A choice between two silly possibilities can turn into a surprisingly honest conversation. In Would You Rather Book for Kids 7-13: Feelings & Friends Edition by Luna Mindwise, children work through more than 250 “would you rather” questions arranged in six missions. Each section focuses...

A Mermaid in the Thames by Sara Louise Kelany centers on Loulou, an absent-minded junior mermaid from the secret world of Atlantishoo who gets sent on a sudden solo mission. She is supposed to defend a Thames seahorse nursery from pieces of broken boat wood,...

Lucy Speckledot and the Nighttime Noises by J J Darling is a delightful Christian children's picture book about peace. While in bed and ready to fall asleep, Lucy hears a sound that confuses her. Then she hears other sounds. Each new one frightens and worries...

My Principal Is a Time Traveler (Probably) by Javier López centers on Ollie Finch, a fifth-grader who loves hard evidence but suddenly finds his logic tested at Vernon Elementary. Everything changes when Ollie spots a bizarre calendar note written two months in advance that correctly...

What would happen if the world suddenly stopped making sense and you had to come up with an explanation? The Wrong Answer Book by J. A. Mallow gives kids 54 unusual situations where the most ridiculous response might be the best one. The book is...

In M.L. Woodward’s children’s mystery novel, Tianna and Michelangelo’s Mask of a Faun, thirteen-year-old Tianna Howard and her grandfather, Professor Charles Howard, are thrust into a major international search. Everything starts with an unaddressed envelope dropped off in Oxford containing only four words. This clue...

The Day There Were No Teachers is an entertaining children's picture book by C. M. Harris. It's about the importance of teachers. Children arrive at school and notice that their teachers are nowhere to be found. They are so thrilled. They think it will be...

So You Want To Be An International Aid Worker by Linda Soules is part of the So You Want To Be series. What would you do if a truck full of food was stopped at a checkpoint in the middle of a war? Aid workers...

The Magical Genes MLK Day Activity Book by Susan Lorraine Kadera offers a simple introduction to Martin Luther King Jr., designed for children old enough to do find-the-word puzzles and write about their dreams. The text describes Martin Luther King Jr. as: “a leader who...