Ham Hands the Christmas Elf is a holiday-themed picture book for children written by Whitney Beatty and illustrated by Becca Kaiser. Every so often, a child will find a Christmas gift with wrapping that’s not as perfect as they've come to expect. It does happen,...

Herman the mouse has lots of stories to share with young readers. He is a smart mouse and Papa Mouse and Mama Mouse knew it from the start. They lived in a pile of hay in a barn where there were cows, chicken, and sheep....

JJ Rolston’s Henry’s Sunday Afternoon is a children’s picture book about a spider named Henry who must continue to contend with other animals getting entangled in his web. Set on a farm, the story is bright, colorful, and full of charm. The narrative is in...

Helix Gets His Wheels is a children’s social issues picture book written by Randal Betz, Jr. and illustrated by Claudio Icuza. Helix was the new kid in Mr. Torty’s classroom at the Tortington School. When the teacher introduced Helix to the class, Helix explained that...

Young Truman the Tiger hadn't yet found his roar and that had him worried. His parents had healthy roars and all his friends had meows which would soon turn into roars. Truman decided to roam Tiger Country and search for his roar. He kept looking...

They have just issued a hurricane watch and Niko is curious to know what a hurricane is. Aunt Sarah tells him that it is a big storm and explains how it forms over tropical waters, like the ocean. Lily wants to know if a hurricane...

How many of us root for the underdog? We want that person or team or, in this case literally the dog, that doesn’t seem to have a chance to be the one that succeeds or wins or finds a home. Hogan’s Hope by Connie Bombaci...

In How Sunny Sees It: A Journey to Reading Bravely, by Lesley D. Nurse, the author shows how the main character, Sunny, a young child, would rather play than study. Nurse shows how some children can be mean and taunt a fellow child, making the...

How to Make a Mom: The Perfect Cookbook for Kids of all Ages by Claressa Swenson is an imaginative and sweet storybook tribute to that special woman in our lives—our mothers. An unnamed little boy in a kitchen comes up with a special recipe to...

Gus and Jack watch the kids getting into the yellow school bus every day and they are envious of them and the fun they have traveling on the colorful bus. They hope to be on it someday. When the driver gets out and leaves the...