Learning the alphabet is the first step that a child takes in learning to read and write. Having mastered this, children will communicate better and will be able to convey their ideas more clearly. With My Friends From A to Z: A Fun Way to...

Cats bring many benefits into people's lives. They are calm animals that help reduce our stress, have a therapeutic effect, inspire happiness and their purring is charming. Children should learn about these animals because it helps them understand their pets and nature better. In My...

Modern Farms is a short educational picture book meant to teach children the importance of farming and how modern farms produce the food we need to sustain ourselves. Written by Jackie Nix and complemented with some delightful illustrations by Karen Light, Modern Farms is a...

Dogs are special and form the theme of My First Dog Book by D.A. Batrowny. They’re a lot of fun, but also a lot of work. The best part of these great four-legged creatures is that they really are man’s (and woman’s) best friend. Soft,...

There are many beautiful things that one can find in nature and DA Batrowny captures them in My First Nature Book. I love the sight of acorns collecting on the ground in mid-summer and the sounds they make when they drop or are scattered by...

M is for Money by Rob Phelan cleverly introduces financial concepts to young children. There are multiple layers to the book. It is set up like an alphabet book with one word and definition per page. There is also a narrative aspect and an interactive...

Do you know a young thespian looking for monologues to show off their talent or to practice being somebody else? Monologues for Kids and Tweens II: 100 New Comedy and Drama Monologues for Young Actors by Mike Kimmel has plenty of variety. All of them...

Young Mason loves watching and helping his daddy work. Lillie Penelope Humphries shares Mason’s adventure with her readers in Mason the Mechanic: You Can Be Anything You Want to Be. This children’s book is a great reminder that children love to emulate their parents. Mason...

The picture book and early reader My Protest, written by Linda Gaston-Bessellieu and co-authored by Tawana Bessellieu and Jaliyah Bessellieu-Webb, describes from a first-person perspective how a little girl, Jaliyah, together with her mother, aunt, and cousin Camille, attends a Black Lives Matter protest. She...

“When you look at the images of protests going on in a number of countries, you see young people leading the way. They’re demanding not just change, but attention and action.” Those are the well-formulated thoughts of Ariella Abad, age 12. She and her sister...