My Little Green Umbrella by Sandy Little is a charming story about childhood imagination. One day a little girl asks for the green umbrella she finds in a thrift shop. She leaves the store with the umbrella, and the wonderful adventures begin. The umbrella not...

Do you play the kazoo? It’s a fun little instrument and one little boy is excited to be taking his kazoo on a family trip to the zoo (kind of rhymes, doesn’t it?). What do you think the animals at the zoo will do when...

I officially have a humongous case of the yawns, thanks to the book My Unicorn and the Very Contagious Case of the Yawns (Sleepy Kids Series). This is such a creative, unique book that I can't wait to read to my own kids. I found...

A challenging event in some children's lives is when they become older siblings for the first time. Anita Zurbrugg has put a humorous twist on this life passage in her book My Brother is an Alien. In this rhyming text, a young boy is sure...

My Crowning Glory by author Patricia Ferreira Lopez is about a young child who embraces the fact that her eyebrows connect. Readers follow her as she brings to life different worlds and scenarios in which her eyebrows are important. She is loud and proud about...

Mommy & Daddy's Christmas Treat by C. L. Holliday-Firmin is a cute children’s picture book about an extra-special Christmas gift arriving in a family. On Christmas Eve, a family gathers for a fun party with food, music, children playing, and more. But, before long, Mommy...

Dads are pretty special. I know my Dad was. How about yours? Oliver has never met his grandfather, his father’s Dad. In fact, his Dad has never met him either. Oliver makes a list of all the things he would tell his grandfather about Dad...

Doing what is right is not always easy. However, if we learn this as children, it will be much easier to do so in the future. You do the right thing when you tell your classmates not to write on the wall with a marker,...

Meet January is a picture book written and illustrated by April Martin that has admirable emotional range. January loves to snuggle up in bed and loves her sleeping bag and having pretend campfires indoors. In other words, January loves being snuggly warm and pursuing all...

My Friend Swoop by Tim Bernard is a beautiful story for children about a skydiver who meets three hungry birds. The skydiver, who is also a carpenter, raises the little birds by feeding them and taking care of them. The carpenter grows close to one...