Meet Dan who is supposed to be a fire dog in The Cookie Eating Fire Dog by Lida Sideris. Dan was supposed to pull on his shiny black boots, slip into his bright yellow coat, and put on his red hat whenever the fire bell...

Pearl the Panda was on her way to play. It was a hot day and as she skipped by the lake she saw her friend Mike squinting through a fence. She walked up to Mike and peered through a hole and saw an umbrella floating...

The Wondrous Wandering Acrobats Show: A Collection of Vintage Circus Posters by Anders Roseberg is a short book about circus acts from around the world, not just here in the United States. It’s filled with poems that cleverly describe individual and unique performances, and at...

What makes the shy little spider sing and dance as he builds his home? In The Shy Little Spider by Amber Gulley, young readers will see the shy little spider happily making his home, singing and dancing as he does it. Will he follow the...

Santa has a problem. It is Christmas Eve, his sleigh is packed, but where are his reindeer? Poor Santa is dismayed to discover that all of his reindeer are down with the flu! Now, with a sleigh full of gifts and toys, and a world...

The Bins of Cotteridge Down by Peta Lemon is dedicated to the common street bins, life's unsung heroes. Cotteridge Down was an old town situated in a corner of England. The streets were clean and all the children walked in a sensible line. The people...

The chickens have been at the apples again in The Apple Tree: Chickens Laugh Out Loud: Book Two by Jane Finch. The chickens have planned their attack and they worked as a team. The apples began to pile up as they jumped on the branches...

The Squeezor is Coming! is a children’s picture book written by Becky Benishek and illustrated by Matt Fiss. Life for the Squeezor was sad and lonely. No one dared go near the monster whose sharp fangs and claws seemed to scare everyone away, and no...

The Little Star Fisher by Rachel Morgan is the whimsical story of a little boy who lived in a small village where the Star Fishermen lived. Every night they sat in their boats and fished for stars, some big, some small, and some red...

Tripi Visits France: The Amazing Adventures of Tripi The Fly by Lori London is a whimsical tale in which readers see Tripi the fly taking a transatlantic flight from Chicago to Paris. Tripi always longs for new adventures and he likes to see new sights,...