In Her Pink Hair by Jill Dana, Stephanie has pink hair. She didn't always have pink hair. She used to have long, wavy brown hair. Then it was short brown hair. Then it was no hair at all. The hair finally started to grow back,...

Porter is a penguin. Actually, he is a little boy penguin and he lives in Antarctica. Porter likes to do all of the things that little boy penguins like to do. He likes to play with his friends outdoors and he loves a good adventure....

Meeda is a pretty little girl who likes pink dresses and bows in her hair. She is Sofia Margaret's best friend. Sofia Margaret talks about Meeda, describing all of the things that Meeda likes to do: she loves to wear pretty dresses, jump and twirl...

Grammar can be dry and boring, or it can be vivid and mnemonic. Parts of Speech Parade, written by Irina Dolinskiy and illustrated by Mark Adams, dusts off the basic parts of grammar and introduces them with rhyme and rhythm set against colorful New York...

Now and again, one of those stories for children (who are relatively new readers seeking a “chapter book”) comes along that is truly worthy of attention. Hapenny Magick by Jennifer Carson is just such a story. From the lovely cover art and internal pictures to...

The Little Parrot and the Angel's Tears is a children's book written and illustrated by M. Anu Narasimhan. It is the author's retelling of a story that her grandmother told her when she was small, and which she, in turn, told her children. The little...

In Beyond the Attic Door by Tracy Del Campo, one wonders did Noah really build an ark? Or have we been fed half truths? Based on the Bible and Noah's Ark, this short story has a big story to tell. With the Scopes Monkey Trial...

In Professor Kompressor Out of This World by Nils Andersson, Professor Kompressor is bored. That's not a healthy way to be for someone as brilliant as the Professor. He's always studying ways to understand the universe and he's constantly inventing some new contraption, like the...

Yummy Stories: Six Stories to Stimulate Your Mind and Appetite is a children's book written by Lil L. Alexander and illustrated by Anda Cofaru. Each story is a fairy tale or fable. The Pea and the Princess may remind some readers of Jack and the...

Miming in French by Sheila McGrory-Klyza is the heartwarming story of a friendship that transcends all boundaries of culture, language and religion. Livvie is forced to move to France after the divorce of her parents. Being an American, Livvie does not speak French and she...