What does a tornado look like? How does it sound? What causes a tornado? What should you do if you're in the midst of a tornado? Elephant Wind (Mom's Choice Award Winner) by Heather L Beal is an illustrated children's book that has all of...

Did you know that Italy looks like a boot when you look at it on the map? This beautifully colored, illustrated children's book, If You Were Me and Lived in... Renaissance Italy: An Introduction to Civilizations Throughout Time (Volume 7) by Carole P. Roman, will...

What do you think it would be like to live in Turkey? Yes, there is a country named Turkey and it's not filled with the turkeys that we eat during the holidays. Really! Children will love to read the beautifully illustrated book, If You Were...

Take your children and your whole family on an adventure with Margot the groundhog in Groundhog Secrets: Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Woodchucks by Lieve Snellings. Margot will use her witty humor and her extended family members to teach you all about the...

For many, Africa remains a “dark continent,” for all that it could swallow the United States, China, India, and a large part of Europe whole. For some, it’s an ancestral homeland which evokes both pride and sorrow. Inspired by Alex Haley’s award-winning miniseries Roots, author...

Australia is awesome! I enjoyed learning about Australia in the book If You Were Me and Lived in... Australia: A Child’s Introduction to Culture Around the World. Author Carole P. Roman has researched the country, organized the information into topics, written and illustrated this children’s...

In Wanda and Winky: The True Story of the Detroit Zoo's Last Two Elephants, Linda K. McLean has clearly captured the plight of elephants held in captivity through a compelling use of poetry and prose. The words tell the real- life story of two elephants...

La Petite Rita: Volume I by Rita Avaud Najm is the delightful story of a family that moves to New York from France. Francois and his wife Antoinette are excited about the move, but their seven-year-old daughter, Rita, is not that excited though her parents...

Ocean One: Only One Ocean, Only One Chance is an environmental science children’s storybook written by Eileen Clancy Biegel and illustrated by Sue Lynn Cotton. As a member of the U.S. Coast Guard, Biegel spent a year on Kure Atoll, which is the subject of...

Axolotls & Tarantulas: Extreme Pets, Book 1 by J. R. Poulter and Jonas Sahlström is a fun and educational look at a couple critters one doesn’t encounter every day. While there, no doubt, are quite a few tarantula owners in America – I’ve even known...