Mimi’s Strategy by Linda Goudsmit begins by telling young readers about a little girl named Hildy, her parents and little sister Francesca. Francesca looked up to Hildy and wanted to be just like her, even liking the same toys as Hildy. Hildy liked to play,...

Nito and the Witch, by Jennie G. Wittenbach, begins with 5-year-old Nito wanting to work in the vegetable fields with his mother, while his father works in a carpentry shop to help pay for Nito’s brother’s and sister’s schooling to learn a new language, as...

The Rainbow’s Argument by Rocco Lo Bosco starts out with summer rain, ending up with a rainbow, the biggest one ever seen by the villagers of Dada Village. The rainbow colors were so pleased with the villagers liking them that the colors began to compete....

Immigrants come to the United States of America from all over the world. They arrive as children and they arrive as adults. Some receive artistic training in the United States. Some seek artistic training in many countries. What they have in common is that they...

Lee Allen’s The Little White Wolf is a story about a white wolf Leesu, the runt of the litter of gray wolves. The other wolves tease Leesu because of his color and smaller size, so much so that Leesu decides to leave the pack and...

Molly's sock drawer was overflowing with different socks. Most of them didn't have a match and both Molly and her sister Katie did not mind wearing them. Molly called them super socks and she was sure the washing machine ate socks. The idea of super...

In this children's picture book titled, Do You Know What Your Parents Do When You’re Asleep?, author Sonya Annita Song demonstrates how parents can have fun too. Parents can still be child-like, in other words. At least that is how the illustrator Kate Fallahee shows...

Merkitty always looked for a chance to go on land. He loved all things above water. Merkitty was excited when King Olgan asked him to get the Oracle. He handed over a map to the Oracle's house to Merkitty and asked him to go straight...

“This book unfortunately belongs to (space for name)” are the first words. They precede even the title, The Scariest Book in the Whole Entire World. No children were present, unfortunately, because I laughed aloud all the way through, it’s so gloriously funny. Joey Acker has...

When You Lived in My Belly, by Jodi Meltzer, is a creative children’s story about what goes on inside the womb. As her baby grows bigger, develops, and becomes more active, each moment becomes more special for this happy mother. The book flows seamlessly and...