I chose to read For No Reason by Kathleen Gauer because my daughter has had a similar problem to Jamie’s with a boy in her class. In the book Jamie is being bullied by the new kid. Jamie wants the bullying to stop, but she...

Fat Maxine is a social issues-related picture book for children written by Anne Toole and illustrated by Richa Kinra. Maxine liked to eat, and she didn’t really like to exercise. Her mom and dad would try to get her to go outdoors, but she preferred...

Everyone loves a special holiday, a time when one can invite a few friends around, prepare some delicious eats, and settle down to watch the parade on television. One is not supposed to sneak off and eat everything ... everything? Yep, everything. In Feast for...

What would you do if you were a lonely skeleton living in a closet? Felipe Femur by Russell Dorn is an adorable children's picture book about a fun-loving skeleton that lives in the spooky village of Toonstone with his uncommon, but caring friends. Felipe Femur...

Flowy: Lucy's World Book 2 by Gilberto Mariscal is the story of a little girl named Lucy who loves flowers. Lucy’s mother always takes her to a park filled with flowers whenever she listens to her mother, which is very often. There is a flower...

N.A. Cauldron’s Fishing For Turkey is a Thanksgiving themed book about a family coming together to enjoy a holiday dinner. But a tremendous storm comes along and washes everything and everyone away. Yet in the midst of these events, the family, led by the optimistic...

Find Your Nose starts with an outstanding pencil illustration by illustrator Mark Sean Wilson. He has beautiful color drawings on every page of the book as well. I especially like the close-up illustrations of the children’s faces. They capture the emotions of the children in...

Firstgarten is a children’s picture book written by Carliss Maddox and illustrated by Steve Feldman. The first day of school had finally arrived, but Michael was not at all happy about being a first grader. He had loved kindergarten and thought it would be much...

Flash the Firefly is a children’s book written by Derrick Philip Begin and illustrated by Nguyen Thi Kieu Diem. The darkness of night is Flash the Firefly’s favorite time, as he can glow and make everything shine. His friends, Zig-Zag and Zippy, have their own...

Fancy is a puppy. When she’s taken to her new home in the country, she’s happy. There’s lots of space to run and she has a girl who’s special. But there are no other puppies and the girl has to go to school. So Fancy...