Hoagie and Katie by Rio Koviak is a charming storybook for children, and introduces young readers to two interesting characters, Hoagie and Katie. The story opens with Hoagie’s purple hamster ball rolling on the forest floor. When the door rattles open, Hoagie revels in the...

The Bubble in Me by J. Alvarez is a quirky tale of friendship and teamwork. Tibby is a chubby tiger who befriends poor Benny, the bumblebee who can’t fly. Together they join forces with Hiccup the Hippo who has no friends because, whenever she speaks,...

Many children wonder why their parents insist on nightly bath-time. Bathing, to a child, seems to be a pointless endeavor; after all, we will be getting dirty all over again tomorrow. But what if we decided not to bathe for a few days? What kind...

Hoagie and Katie in Space by Rio Koviak is a delightful tale of two friends. This book begins with Hoagie feeling at home with the capybara herd after being adopted by them. He tells the young ones exaggerated versions of the adventures he has had...

Mermaids on a Mission to Save the Oceans is an environmental story book for children, grades K-3, written by Janet Balletta and illustrated by Alyssa Figueroa and Alexander C. Appello. Balletta is a second-grade teacher and the author of books about the environment for children....

Brazil always asks his girlfriend Delores for money in the storybook The Mongoose and the Princess by Cindy Christmas. He wants money to buy food, clothes, and jewelry. She is fed up with his begging and decides to go to the witch Nivea to cast...

Bummer: Our Pet Bighorn Sheep by Jylene Morgan is an adorable non-fiction children’s book told from the point of view of the author’s daughter. The family, comprised of Mom (a teacher), Dad (a biologist with the Idaho Fish and Game Department), and four children (including...

Why Are People Bullied? is the second installment in The Adventures of Gleeson and Cormac series, written by Molly O’Rourke and illustrated by Kalpart. When Gleeson and Cormac – two frogs from Main Pond – learn about an upcoming class about bullying, they decide...

Bella the Umbrella: The Chronicles of the Clothes Mind Series Book Two by Lia Brent is the delightful story of Bella the Umbrella who lives in a house down the street. She has shiny rainbow stripes and, like any other umbrella, likes the wet chill....

The Little Miss Grubby Toes series, written by Eddie Price and illustrated by Mark Wayne Adams, depicts a series of escapades and scrapes that Little Miss Grubby Toes herself (so named because of her reluctance to wear shoes) gets into … and out of. These...