Author Ryan Reaves is described as a “rambunctious," “very special” six-year-old dancer who has been home from school all year because of the pandemic. Amid brilliant pictures of Ryan at school with her teacher and friends, she lists the things she has missed during her...

The Skullington Family’s Boney Fingers is a wonderful book with rhyming prose that’s fun to read. Author M.J. Evans has created imaginative names and added lots of humorous puns to her newest book. This children’s picture book is fun to read aloud for children—and parents...

Every community has a unique story to tell. Solvang, in the Santa Ynez Valley of California, was founded in the early 1900s by three Danish immigrants. The town that grew in this luscious coastal area evolved with a little bit of Danish culture, mixed with...

A Day with Granny Nelly is a humorous story written by Linda Matesa. Granny Nelly’s grandson comes over to spend the day with her. Right from the start things get a little wild and crazy as they prepare to head to the grocery store. First,...

Do you have a happy place? Someplace special only to you; someplace that makes you really happy? Is it fishing down by the lake with Grandpa? Or baking in the kitchen with Grandma? Or listening to music with Dad? Nora learns about happy places and...

Have you ever heard of dyscalculia? It’s a learning disability that makes learning numbers difficult. Cassidy has dyscalculia. She’s nervous about starting a new school where the children don’t know her. When asked in class to say the numbers from 1 to 10, she gets...

Andrew Learns about Teachers by Tiffany Obeng, designed and illustrated by Ira Baykovska, is a children’s educational book. It is part of a series (the second one) titled Andrew's Career Day. These books are meant for young children (second to fourth grade) to learn about...

Meet the Jeep by David Zatz is an outstanding book kids will love. The author takes children from the beginning when the Army needed a vehicle they could use that would not get stuck in the mud. They felt a vehicle with an engine that...

Cornrows or 'canerows' in the Caribbean is a hair braiding technique that originated in Africa where the hair is braided to the scalp. Locs are a thin rope-like thread of hair created by braiding, twisting, or matting and these originated in India. The braids are...

A young boy went for a walk and he saw a dome-shaped house in the neighborhood. He knew it would look like a ball when it was done. He went to the house and became friends with Terry. Both the boys got along well but...