What would happen if, instead of thinking “I can’t” all the time, children began to consistently think “I can”? This Could Be You by Cindy Williams Schrauben gives power to children through different scenarios in which they can do or be whoever they want. From...

Dumplings Mean Family by Jennifer Shaw is an adoption story based on the author's family. The Shaws have adopted three children from China into their family of five. Ethan, one of their adopted sons, narrates the story. He explains that when he and his siblings...

Pete the Picassofish is just one of the many colorful personalities you will meet in The Adventures of the Picassofish. Johanna Hurmerinta introduces Pete and a host of his other finned friends through the pages of this beautifully illustrated children’s book. Johanna tells an exciting...

You Can’t Kiss a Bubble, written by Karen A. Wyle and illustrated by Siski Kalla, is a love letter to soap bubbles – the kind you can blow with a wand. The little girl in the illustrations imagines playing with her bubble in the same...

Pearl loves Nugget, her black cat with bright orange eyes. They do everything together, including eating and sleeping. Nugget loves snuggling on Pearl's bed at night to get a good night's sleep. As they were playing in the yard one day, they heard a cat's...

Do you ever feel zany and want to escape? Perhaps you zigzag all over your home and your yard. All this zigzagging and zaniness might make you feel dizzy. I know it would make me feel dizzy. Zach is a zebra who, once wild, now...

Stress kills! Too many parents fail to realize how stressful life has become for their children. There was a time when stress was foreign to children; now, stress is their chief problem. Carmel Shami realizes how much stress affects children and addresses this issue in...

In preparation for Earth Day, Little Palm, a palm tree, calls her friends Tavi and Tylee over to help decorate her for a party. The friends cannot quite decide what they want to decorate with, so they go through several different options, dressing up Little...

Petunia the Unicorn Moves to the Big City by R.L. Ullman will be enjoyed by young and old. Petunia Cupcake Fluffybottom lives with her Aunt Sprinkles, her sweet little Corgi, Gumdrop, and Winston the butler. Aunt Sprinkles has just purchased a brownstone in New York...

In a quaint town lives a family with a young son who hasn’t yet made friends, since they just started living there. When the dad comes home with a beautiful Christmas tree for the house, the boy hopes that Santa will bring him friends as...