The Enchanted Harvest Feast: A Thanksgiving Tale of Magic and Gratitude by Nina Purtee is a fabulous book for children. The story welcomes us to the Enchanted Forest in the fantasy world of Maplewood. Finley Greenbriar, a charming, curious, and kind-hearted Bram, lives in an...

The Wishkeeper’s Daughter by Michele Ashman Bell starts with a loss. Twelve-year-old Pippa Rowe loses her mother and finds herself alone in the world. It is then that the mirror in her bedroom begins to glow and speak her name, pulling her into Wishmoor Academy,...

The Unbirthday Party is the first book in the Alice & Friends in Wonderland series by Charity Tober. Alice is a nine-year-old girl who lives her best life in the magical place known as Wonderland. But Alice and her friends, Harper and Jack, see trouble...

Have you ever imagined if something other than rain or snow could fall from the sky? In Rich Follett’s The Day It Rained Popcorn, not only does something different fall, but it also draws out the bravery of some of the townspeople. This book is...

The Story of the Great Goddess by Nav Pallav is a beautiful and accessible retelling of the sacred text Devi Mahatmyam (also known as the Durga Saptashati). It tells the story of Mahadevi, one of the major figures in the Hindu religion and mythology. Somewhat...

“What truly matters isn’t the outside, but what’s inside.” Sometimes life doesn’t make it easy to accept these simple words. In Kateryna Dronova’s The Ring of Beauty, both Tilda and her father, Tobin, have important lessons to learn. The two have been cursed, all because...

In Everkind, Haven Ruth, the smallest fairy, is also known as the Biter Fairy. In Gael JB Orr’s The Itty-Bitty Biter Fairy, Haven Ruth has quite the temper, and she resolves it by biting anyone nearby. All the other fairies have bite marks from Haven...

The Butterfly and the Spider by Maryna Kiptsevich is a children’s story that opens with the birth of a butterfly named Violet. Each butterfly is born with special patterns on their wings that determine what their gift will be. Violet’s wings have musical notes. She...

At the center of Lake Anamizu, there was an island. It was home to an elderly couple referred to as Grandpa and Grandma Maru by the people who lived along the shores of the lake. The couple was kind and generous, and they had a...

“Being different is a gift, … Trust your heart. It will always guide you.” In Wizard Penfield’s The Christmas Leprechaun, a young leprechaun named Finn knew he wasn’t like the other leprechauns around him. They were full of mischief and greed. Finn sought to be...