The Pinkaboos, Bitterly and the Giant Problem by Laura Gosselin and Jake Gosselin is a delightful story for children which revolves around two friends, Abyssma and Belladonna, school and bullying. It is a perfect story to discuss with children the fears that bother them while...

Olivia Brophie and the Sky Island by Christopher Tozier is a delightful story for children, filled with adventure and whimsy. Olivia has accidentally frozen the entire world's water and, along with that, she finds out that her uncle and aunt have been kidnapped by the...

Lewis Carroll move over, there's a new Alice in town, but this one is named Lily. In her latest novel, The Cinderella Theorem, Kristee Ravan has created a wonderful world where faerie tales and the real world collide. When mathematically-minded Lily Sparrow turns fifteen, she...

The clan members of the MacIain-MacDonalds of Glencoe, Scotland, were forced from the comfort of their beds, homes, and lives when the Campbells of Glenlyon, Scotland, under the order of the king of England attacked them, ending in a brutal massacre. Dory MacDonald was...

Hiccup Horrendous III, only son and heir of Stoick the Vast, chief of the Hairy Hooligans, is back. How to Cheat a Dragon's Curse continues the memoirs of the hero as translated by Cressida Cowell. As the tale opens, the young Viking and his fellow...

In Gwen Dandridge’s novel, The Stone Lions, history, mathematics, magic, and intrigue combine to create a fascinating read for preteens. Twelve year old Ara lives out her life under the watchful eye of Suleiman in the harem of her father’s palace, Alhambra. Ara’s life is...

Jackie: The Adventures of a Little Boy Trying to Grow Up by John Tammela shows you how boys had fun in the 1930s and 1940s. Jackie grew up in a Finnish household in Niagara Falls on the Canadian side. He was the youngest boy with...

Children are naturally curious but sometimes the attention span doesn't match the subject. Aurelia Tan and Nicholas Liem (illustrator) have mastered it all in their wonderful book, JJ's Science Adventure: Magnets. Through a cartoon adventure, magnets and how they work are explained in the story....

What’s That in Your Ear?, written by Terri Kelley and illustrated by Milena Radeva, is a book that teaches a wonderful lesson to people of all ages. Each day we come into contact with people; some of these people may look like us, some may...

The Great PJ Elf Chase: A Christmas Eve Tradition by Judy Voigt and Karen LoBello is an endearing story for small kids with Christmas as the backdrop. The Christmas Eve tradition at the Taylor household is that when the boys go to take their baths,...