Let's meet five-year-old Michael in the story Michael and the Spots by Carl Witt. He was having fun in the bath where he went swimming with the sharks and rescued his baby duck from the evil washcloth monster. That day Michael saw some spots on...

When Summer Ray Whitcomb receives a diary from her mother for her birthday, she isn’t impressed. Writing isn’t her thing. But she decides to give it a shot. She quickly comes to enjoy putting her thoughts and emotions on paper, and her diary becomes the...

Seven Days in a Week is an educational picture book in the Little Bunny series by Dianne Miller. Little Bunny is a happy and playful character who moves through the seven days of a week in a repetitive pattern reinforced by color illustrations and accompanied...

Harriet Tubman was born into slavery in Dorchester County, Maryland. She was named Araminta Ross and her nickname was Minty. She changed her name to Harriet to honor her mother. When she was five years old, she was hired out to another family to...

Let's meet Little Grace in the story Greedy Grace (The Grace Book Collection) by C. Selbherr. She had curly hair and big brown eyes and loved playing in the mud. She enjoyed riding her bike while blowing out bubbles. Her dad was a cook and...

Martin Luther King Junior was born Michael King Junior on January 15, 1929, in Atlanta, Georgia. His parents were African-American and his great-grandfather was Irish. He enjoyed listening to music and he sang in the church choir. He was six and he was excited about...

In Groundhog Day for Phil by Rich Linville, Phil lived underground in a den in a cold place. He had two coats of hair; one was gray-white and the other layer was thick and brownish. He was named Phil because he liked to fill himself...

In Gaspar the Flatulating Ghost by Teresa Burrell, a little ghost called Gaspar lives alone in an empty house in California. All the other ghosts in the neighborhood are mean to him because Gaspar suffers from terrible and stinky gas when he eats his favorite...

Green Pickle Juice by Melanie J. Vogel and Uncle Dave Howard is a fun and entertaining children’s picture book about the many uses of pickle juice. When noting the ever so many uses, the book also goes into comical moments of what it shouldn’t be...

My Big Sister, My Guardian Angel by authors Peggy-Lynn Kirch with Tammi Croteau Keen is an inspirational children’s picture book about two young brothers, Preston and Caleb, and their guardian angel sister Isabella. The narrative is easy to understand and follow. The importance of the...