Sometimes the biggest questions come from the smallest creatures. In The Starfish That Wondered by Megan Sheridan, a little starfish named Stella has a lot of questions about the sea. She lives near the fish in the coral. Why can they go so far out...

The Ugly Duckling and the Missing Hat, written by The Rizzas, is a picture book for young children. A duckling feels like the odd one out. He is constantly bullied for the way he looks and begs the author to design him differently. But the...

How far would you go to help someone? Rue is about to find out in The Pirate Doctor: Rue Sets Sail by Lindsay Gizicki. She’s a twelve-year-old who dreams of being a healer and caring for others. She spends her free time imagining faraway places...

The Night of Samhain: A Halloween Fairy Scary Story is part of The Everkind Tales by Gael J. B. Orr. It’s Samhain night, and there’s a full moon. Emlyn the tawny owl sits in the hickory tree. The fairy sisters Willa and Violet are tucked...

The Worst School Book in the Whole Entire World by Joey Acker is part of the Worst World Works™ series, a humorous picture book that shows kids how school might not be as bad as they think it is. Nameless the Rock is on a...

Toby the Big Little Yorkie by Judy Haveson is the story of Toby, a fifteen-pound Yorkshire Terrier living in a New York high-rise with Mom, Dad, and his best friend, Charlie. Most Yorkies weigh seven or eight pounds and get carried around in purses or...

In Izzy B’s The Way Home, a core group of animals – a bear, squirrel, and rabbit - seek a new home of abundance. The land they currently inhabit can no longer support life. Their survival depends on reaching this new place. In the distance,...

The Kindness Bus by Barbara Ann Elder is about a girl named Jess. The story follows Jess, who doesn't love everything about school—homework, for one, she could do without. But every morning, she's first in line for Bus 252, and it's easy to see why....

The Further Adventures of Erig the Earwig by Andy Evans is a well-written book that takes children on a trip into nature to learn about insects, their unique behaviors, and features. Andy begins by introducing two best friends, Erig, an earwig, and Bob, a copper...

A little blue monkey makes himself comfortable in the jungle, a place he has come to call his home. He has no memory of being part of a family, and as he has grown older, he has slowly learned to enjoy his own company. All...