Richard Wagner wrote Needles, the Forgotten Christmas Tree to share hope and beauty in the true spirit of Christmas. Needles is a tree whose deepest desire is to become someone’s Christmas tree. But unfortunately, he is a scrawny tree with few branches and short height....

When We Are Apart by Becca Johnsey is a children’s picture book about a young family and the feelings that can arise when one parent is away from the home for work. There is a sweet tenderness throughout the book that may result in a...

When I was young, we used to play a party game of telling a story using as many types of candies as possible. Jennifer Morhaime uses this premise for her children's book Sweet Halloween. Mr. and Mrs. Goodbar plan to go out for the evening...

Anything worth having is worth the wait. However, patient waiting is difficult. Araba visits her grandmother and learns the critical lesson of patient waiting. Nanette Dompreh's Grandma, It’s Raining Mangoes! helps children understand that waiting is part of life. Since we have to wait so...

Storytelling is one of the hallmarks of civilization. This feature is what makes humans different from all other animals. Conrad J. Storad wrote Story Monsters Among Us: A Brief History of Human Storytelling to share the history of various storytelling styles. If you have ever...

The Fish and the Underwater Bird is a children's picture book by award-winning author Barbara Pinke. With some beautiful illustrations by Alvin Adhi, the book follows Seaya, a curious fish who loves collecting pretty pebbles, shells, and coral. One day, while hunting for treasures, Seaya...

The Lonely Daffodil by Emily Langhorne, illustrated by Heather Heyworth, is the story of a daffodil that blooms at the bottom of a hill, away from the rest of the daffodils on the hilltop. The daffodil wishes to join in their nightly songs but is...

My daughter is a social worker in the foster/adoption field, and Room in the Nest by Holly Marlow does a great job of explaining how that system functions. Every child in foster care has their own story. There are many reasons a child may end...

Kasanova: Lost in Love by Royal Baysinger tells the tale of a lonely Australian koala who has grown weary of his solitary life in a gum tree. He was smitten by a kangaroo eating under a eucalyptus tree nearby, but the lady kangaroo eventually hopped...

Dad Is My Best Friend by Kerice K. Robinson and illustrated by Kavion Robinson tells the story of the beautiful relationship between a father and daughter. Our narrator Angela is a young girl who proudly proclaims that her dad is her best friend. She then...