Have you ever confronted an angry apricot? Or how about an indecisive iceberg? Or an optimistic orange and a pessimistic pear? Do you even know what a quince is, let alone a quarrelsome quince? Hayley Mitchell uses alliteration at its healthy food best, allowing the...

Medieval Mashup is the second installment of Leigh's Wheelie Adventures by Charlene McIver. Illustrated with some fun-filled drawings by Caroline Keys, Medieval Mashup follows Leigh -- a wheelchair-equipped kid with a vivid imagination -- and his adventures with his two best friends, Tara and Cosmo....

Dr. Rosie Helps the Animals by Jennifer Welborn tells us a story about Rosie, the daughter of a veterinarian, and how she uses what she learned from her mom to help animals. With the knowledge of natural remedies, Rosie goes on an adventure helping all...

Rocking Chair, Rocking Chair by L.A. Kimo and La Shauna Richardson is a lullaby in pictures. Featuring a sweet little boy and his parents, each page travels through the child’s thoughts about his beloved rocking chair. There is magic in this chair – it...

To respect the environment, it is necessary to know as much about it as possible, so that love for everything that surrounds us can be generated. We can learn a lot about our environment by getting to know the insects we live with. That is...

I Will Always Be Proud of You, written by Michael Wong and illustrated by Zina Jugai, is one of the most beautiful picture books for children that I have ever seen. Its beauty lies not just in the lovely rhyming poetry, nor in the incredibly...

Kate the Kitty Beats Boredom is a very creative book that teaches children how to keep a positive attitude about household chores. Here is the story of Kate and her friend Billy. They are two kids who want to play, but in the day there...

It is a sad moment when the mother of Teresa and her younger sister Alma leaves for El Norte (the North) with her other two daughters. However, these children can find happiness even during a difficult time like this. Teresa and Alma will live in...

A Walk in the Woods by Caroline Thornton is a sweet, gentle story about an adventurous bunny. Written in rhyming verse, our bunny ventures out one day to enjoy the world around her. She meets various creatures, bees, birds, and a toad. Each one has...

There is a page in You and Me in the Trees where we see a loving couple and their child nestled in a tree trunk. There is light shining on them from their lantern as rain pours down outside. "If you protect her [mother nature],...