Ellery's Magic Bicycle by Maria Monte and Zoe Saunders is a touching story of friendship between a young girl and her magic purple bicycle. One day, a young girl named Ellery finds an old purple bicycle. This bicycle seems to be capable of independent thought...

Language is beautiful because it's connected to culture, creates connections, and builds unity through expression. There are several languages that I love to hear due to their rhythmic, harmonic sounds like French, Italian, Spanish, and Hindi. These languages are also much simpler in comparison with...

In Ezra’s Invisible Backpack by Dina Rock and Hannah Cohen, Ezra is an overall happy kid, but sometimes he gets scared and anxious about talking to other people at school. At home, he loves talking with his family, but he struggles to join conversations among...

Each of Us by Sarah Allison is a heartwarming children’s book that follows five sweet friends who all come from different backgrounds, have different family traditions, and enjoy different things. Following Saraiya, Brynnlee, Jaye, Laila, and Charlotte, readers get a glimpse into their lives on...

Did you know that there is a power in love and friendship, a healing power? Eli, the moon elf, must go on a mystical, magical journey to find herself and this power of love and friendship. Her best friend, Luna’s baby, has turned into hard...

Earl was different from all the other sharks in the ocean. While the others scared people and ate everything in sight, he played fun games with his friends. One day, Crusher and his mean shark friends surrounded Earl, telling him he needed to “Chomp, Rip...

Eudora Space Kid: The Great Engine Room Takeover, written by David Horn and illustrated by Talitha Shipman, is a supersonically exciting sci-fi adventure for early readers, set in outer space on the AstroLiner Athena. Especially geared toward elementary school readers who are addicted to dreaming...

My inner child gave me a big thumbs up when I saw Everybody Pees! (Everybody Potties!) by Justine Avery appear on the RF review list. I’m certain this is the kind of book I would have relentlessly hounded my mother to read every night at...

Erin, Roderick, and the Diffability Bunch, written by Fliss Goldsmith and illustrated by Ian R. Ward, is the second book of the Erin & Roderick book series. It details the lives of a unique group of children who have some form of disability. Erin has...

Katie’s not very good in PE class. She can’t dribble a basketball; she can’t skip rope without tangling the rope in her legs. The other students laugh at Katie’s attempts. That is until Katie’s teacher introduces yoga to the students. Now, Katie has something she...