When we go for a stroll, we amble slowly enough to collect all the bits of trees, leaves, air breezes and more. We take our time. This delightful collection of poetry by Stuart T Stolp, titled Stroll, encourages us to do the same: stroll through...

Have you ever been partnered with someone you didn't like? That's the problem main character Sophie faces in the book Sophie Washington: Mismatch by Tonya Duncan Ellis. Sophie decided to try out for her school’s tennis team and was happy when she made the team,...

Secret Magic: Evie Everyday Witch Book 1 is a charming chapter book written by Elena Paige for younger middle-grade readers. Evie Everyday is a young witch who just wants to be a lamron – that’s the word “normal” spelled backward. She enrolls in a new...

Friends are important. Sahbaah and Nero know this all too well. They have been best friends since they were young cubs. Sahbaah is a tiger; Nero is a lion. It doesn’t matter that they are different animals in the jungle. They have other friends, too;...

Sophie and her friends are interested in the upcoming coding competition to create the best computer app. Sophie’s friends include both girls and boys. When she offers to join the boys' group to enter the competition, the boys turn down her offer. In fact, Nathan...

A group of children is sent to Assateague Island and must complete a mission before being carried back home in the children's chapter book, Surviving Horse Island by Karl Steam. Josh, Tyler, Melisa, and Katie have been transported to a lonely island on another nature...

Strxia: The Odds Are Against Us is a children’s fantasy/science fiction novel written by Maggie Daniels and Matt Michel. The Bridgeport County Youth Association was getting concerned about the scarcity of kids actually interested in playing baseball anymore, so much so that just about any...

Sophie Washington: Secret Santa by Tonya Duncan Ellis is another story in a delightful series that is aimed at young readers. It is about the life and adventures of Sophie Washington and her eight-year-old brother Cole. Her school's Christmas Holiday is just three weeks away...

Sweetbriars: Leaving The City by Hollie Anne Marsh tells the story of Cate and her family as they move to a new home in the countryside, far away from her friends and all that is familiar. The plan is to set up an equestrian centre,...

Sirius, the Hero Dog of 9/11 is a story about a patrol dog that was killed at the World Trade Center on 9/11/2001. It gives details concerning what this dog could have heard before that awful day’s events. Sirius could see the height of the...