The development of a positive identity is fundamental to the growth of children. We live in a society that continues to learn to live together, while diversity among individuals is increasingly apparent. Happy Within/Feliz Por Dentro: A Diverse Bilingual Children's Book in English and Portuguese...

Meeting My Therapist by Deanna Brown is an educational picture book for young children. A young child suffers from feelings of sadness and depression. The child's mother takes her to a place where she can talk to a professional about her feelings, and she even...

Heavenly Made by Michelle Peterson is a sweet figurative tale of the joys of motherhood. A cardinal bird watches over her nest with three eggs that are soon to hatch. She is praying that her young ones be heavenly made. As she patiently waits, she...

People who are different are often overlooked. For example, Bella and her friend, Buddy, are two poodles. Bella tells the story of how Buddy, often ignored, becomes a hero. In The Fancy Schmancy Lifeguard: A Tale of Bravery (The Adventures of Two Travelling Poodles) Gilda...

Mighty May Won’t Cry Today is a regular read for my household and soon became a favorite. This is because co-authoring team of Kendra and Claire-Voe Ocampo has written a beautiful story about expectations, setbacks, and overcoming. In the story, May is excited to start...

Understanding animals is at the heart of Happenstance Farms: Catch That Pony, a heart-warming picture book for young children by S. McMichael and inspired by the author’s daughter. In this second installment of the Happenstance Farms series, young equestrian Sophia has a new mount named...

Elissa Kerr shares a story about an annual late-winter tradition in her children's book The Sweetest Season. This rhyming tale follows a young girl and her dad as they set out to make maple syrup. In the northern parts of the United States and Canada...

Handee is a planet of hands that spins in the sky around the Nameless Star. Monster C on the Hands’ Planet by Loreta Yono tells readers that the inhabitants of the planet are all hands and that everything on the planet is hand-shaped. Handee gets...

Cats' Eye View of Being Green: A Rhyming Book about Sustainable Living is the story of a group of cats who come together to talk. They are concerned that people are now polluting the environment. The problem is that many people do not realize the...

Ever since they met, Lilly and Billy were best friends. Their friendship grew stronger every day, and they did everything together. One day during class, the teacher introduced her group to a new classmate called Oliver. This made Lilly remember how lonely she felt before...