The schools in England have closed for the Christmas season, and Alvin Goode and his family travel to South Africa for the holidays to visit his grandparents. During their journey, Alvin and his sister, Carey, learn about the train, the airport and airplane, as well...

Dad takes Missy with him to visit her grandma who has moved into a new apartment. While Dad is talking to a woman at a desk in the lobby, Missy looks around. She sees a little room and a man and a boy go into...

It’s that time of year. The children are excited about Christmas and, in some schools, they are learning the true meaning of Christmas. Many teachers are busy preparing the young people to put on plays and special events to entertain the parents. A Nativity play...

Take a Hike! Poems for Intermediate Readers (Grades 3-5) by Brett Fleishman is an adorable collection of 30 poems that will put a smile on the faces of young readers. The book opens with a delightful poem where a store is selling human parts and...

Emma gets a beautiful princess dress as her birthday present in the opening scene of the storybook The Incredible Ordinary Hero or The Brave Bystander by Aida Rascanu. Emma has turned six and she is happy with her beautiful princess dress. She wants to become...

Mrs. May, the teacher, tells Master Jet that he has not written out the alphabet properly. Jet is sure that he has written it but that is the day A ran away. B is sad and she did not stay. C wanted to play and...

The Halloween Parade (Monstacademy) by Matt Beighton is an awesome book about a young girl named Trixie Grimble. When her school shuts down, Trixie is sent to Monroe's Academy for the different, known as Monstacademy, which is a school for monsters. Except Trixie Grimble is...

Toenail Soup is a humorous story for children, grades K-3, written by C.M. Walsh. Joey was a pretty typical seven-year-old, who loved going out and playing with his dog and watching bugs and other creepy crawly critters, but he certainly did like strange food. Joey’s...

The Teardrop by Susan Thomas is the story of T-Man, a Nashville middle school student, accidentally shot by a classmate who brought his parents’ gun to school one day. The classmate brought the gun with him because he was a victim of bullying. Using myriad...

Pluto is a dwarf planet and Mercury looks like a “tiny little white spot under the moon” and it’s actually the closest planet to the sun. Venus, next to the moon, usually “shines the brightest in the sky.” A fun way to learn and remember...