In The Crew Goes Coconuts! A Captain No Beard Story: Volume 6 by Carole P. Roman, readers are taken to a desert island where the ship has dropped its anchor. It is a hot day and the crew is thirsty. They cannot find a pond...

Flavio the Flamingo by Cassidy Jackson-Carroll opens with Flavio the Flamingo having lost his pink color and he wants it back. He thinks that if he does not regain his color, he is going to be non-existent. Flavio goes to Zeke the Zebra and Zeke...

The fifth story in the Captain No Beard series, The Treasure of Snake Island by Carole P. Roman is as exciting as the previous ones and this book opens with the crew watching sunrise. Each of them has their own perspective about how beautiful the...

The Blue Footies is written and illustrated by Joan Dee Wilson and tells the story of a group of birds, blue-footed Boobies, who just love to hang out at the seashore, watching what is going on, and fishing in the depths for sardines. When lots...

Brandon Makes Jiǎo Zi (餃子) by Eugenia Chu is an illustrated children’s story that mixes American and Chinese cultures, bringing not only traditions together, but also the two languages. Brandon’s parents live in the United States, but the boy’s grandmother lives in China, and she...

In Strangers on the High Seas: Book 4 of the Captain No Beard Series by Carole P. Roman, the story starts with Captain No Beard watching some dolphins frolicking near the bow of the ship. Cayla, the newest member of the crew, is all excited...

The Magic Snowflake is a children’s adventure story, written and illustrated by Rosie Moore. When ice skating lessons take place, young Holly always falls down, even though she tries hard to be just like the other girls in the class who are good at...

Stuck in the Doldrums: A Lesson in Sharing by Carole P. Roman is the third book in the Captain No Beard stories. Captain No Beard and his crew are marooned on a desert island. They are stuck as there is no wind to fill the...

Pepper Parrot’s Problem with Patience: A Captain No Beard Story by Carole P. Roman is the second book of the Captain No Beard series. The book opens with Captain No Beard and his crew of The Flying Dragon cleaning the deck. The Captain asks them...

Captain No Beard: An Imaginary Tale of a Pirate’s Life: Volume 1 by Carole P. Roman is an adventure story that revolves around Captain No Beard who lived on a small island with Mongo the mast-climbing monkey, Linus the loud-mouthed lion, Fribbet the floppy...