The Oak of Wisdom by Elizabeth Gautier is a charming short story, which introduces readers to the concepts of faith and religion. This book also helps in developing listening and interpersonal skills in young children. Children, like some adults, often feel left out, misguided, unloved,...

The Adventures of Fugaru by Raji Abuzalaf is a story about a young boy, disfigured and alone, and how he makes his way in the world, eventually traveling to and living in the Secluded Forest. Fugaru is a very unlikely hero. He's skinny, disfigured because...

Train, Train, Go Away! by Terri Kelley is the story of a little girl who lives near train tracks. She tells readers about the lives of many people who live near train tracks and how bad it is to live there because there is so...

'The Locket Lesson' by Terri Kelley is a story that teaches small children values and ethics. The story is about a little girl who goes for shopping with her mother. She likes a locket in the store and while nobody is watching, she slips it...

The Very Fairy Princess is the latest in the Princess series by Julie Andrews and Emma Walton Hamilton. It is beautifully illustrated by Christine Davenier and the colorful pictures help to facilitate the understanding of the story for younger children. Geraldine believes herself to be...

The Heron Chronicles is a beautifully written and illustrated children’s book by Judy Link Cuddehe. It tells the story of heron sisters who couldn’t be more different from each other. Halley longs for adventure and quickly grows bored with life in the nest, but her...

Twas the Night Before Christmas when all through the house Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse. And you know the rest! Everyone loves this old classic written by Clement Clarke Moore. Christmas would not be Christmas if this special book isn’t read on Christmas...

Have you ever moved to a new place and felt all alone because you had no friends? That’s what this beautiful book is about. This young girl was not only new with no friends, she couldn’t speak the language of those in her new hometown....

The Grandest Small Folk Tales by Christine Larsen and Cirena Larsen-Bolland is a whimsical collection of short stories, poems, and revelations either written by or about the main author, Christine’s four-year-old granddaughter, Cirena. I was expecting to be a bit bored by this collection, and...

The Gross Gang written by Christine Larsen is about Larsen’s fascination with words that can be classified as "odd" or “extinct.” The book introduces us to many of these words (some of which I’ve never heard before) in the form of various poems. Her poems...