Many of us have discussed that so-called bucket list - the list of things we want to do in life. How many of us have considered what is really inside that bucket? What about a bucket full of light and love? After all, that's all...

The Many Adventures of Cuddles: Tobey, Pandora and Cuddles by Marcel Ray Duriez is a delightful storybook for children. Once upon a time, in the boondocks of a mysterious neighborhood, lived three squirrels: Tobey, Pandora and Cuddles. They live together in a home under the...

The childhood rhyme, "Give me give me never gets; don't you know your manners yet," rattles through my mind as I read this charming story, Treasures in the Winter Vault by Debbie Bertram and Lisa Detanna. It's a lesson that children and adults alike need...

Bad Basenji! by Lisa Putnam is the adorable story of Bongo, a basenji, which is a breed of dog. Bongo is curious, stubborn, cute and also fast. Bongo is also very playful and restless all the time. The story shows the mischievous nature of this...

Wippy the Wizard and the New Color is a children's picture book written and illustrated by William Lapenta. Wippy's wife is celebrating her birthday today, and her husband, Wippy the Wizard, wants to give her something that's very special. He decides not to give her...

Elizabeth’s Constellation Quilt is a children’s pop-up book by Olivia Fu. Elizabeth loves watching the stars at night and wants to be a sailor like her father, who sails on a ship named the Night Rose. Her father tells her that sailors navigate by following...

Gollywood, Here I Come! by Terry John Barto is an adorable story with an even more adorable concept of motivating young readers to dream big. Anamazie Marie LaBelle dreams of becoming a Gollywood star and that is always at the back of her mind. Anamazie's...

Ognjen Livada has a collection of children's short stories - Snail the Carpenter and The Boy Who Loved Boats (Co-Authored with Vilim Livada) - all about living your dreams, but in Forests for People he takes us on a different journey and provides education on...

Snail the Carpenter (Short Version With Author’s Drawings) by Ognjen Livada is a children’s story about a grandfather who loved to tell stories. One of his favorites was about a snail, who was the smallest and most fascinating carpenter in the world. The snail had...

The Boy Who Loved Boats by Vilim and Ognjen Livada is an original story about Aaron and his love for boats. Aaron loved boats so much that he would either daydream about the water and boats, draw pictures of boats, or watch them at sea....