The Verbal Bully is a title from The Brown Bear and Oofie series for young readers. Both written and illustrated by Masami S.C., the tale of The Verbal Bully deals with the harshness of a bully’s words. As Brown Bear celebrates the beautiful day outside,...

Three Sneezes in a Row—what could a picture book with that title be about? Cassie Kitzmiller has you guessing from the beginning. Ten sounds that you can hear coming from your body are shared with the reader through a counting poem and action verb after...

All Georgie wants for Christmas is a new pair of skates. His old ones are too small and he loves skating on the pond when it freezes over. But times are tough and there’s not much money to buy gifts. Papa even said that Santa...

The Fed-Up Cow is a children’s picture book, written in rhyme by Peta Lemon and illustrated by Maria Dasic Todoric. Unhappy with being a boring brown cow which does nothing all day except moo, Hilda the cow decides to take affirmative action. Initially trying to...

The City of Smogg is choked by a thick blanket of pollution. The people who live there walk around like zombies. Animals and plants are non-existent there. It is outside this place that Calvin Callioni, the ringmaster of the most splendidly spectacular circus of Starzborough,...

The Galactivity Book by authors and illustrators Maria Bardyukova and Quiet Riley Jr. is a fun filled activity book. It is a galactic take on some childhood and adult favorite activities such as crossword puzzles, word finders, and lots of other games. The book is...

The Greasy Chip is the fourth book in the children’s series, Chompy & the Munchy Bunch, written by Nancy Beaule and illustrated by Lauren Goldstein. When word gets out that Coach Brock O. Lee is assembling a new baseball team at Munchytown’s school, the students...

The Eighth Birthday Wish by Bruce E. Arrington is about a girl named Sophia who lives in the country of Narthland. Sophia cannot sing, though all her brothers and sisters can sing very well. Her grandparents and parents also sing like sweet angels. Her birthday...

Tuma’s Boot by Gladys T. Kenfack opens with Tuma and his mother going to the river to play. Tuma takes off his boots and sets them down near the riverbank. The wind blows his boot into the water and it floats away. He is very...

Tess the Princess Dress by author Lia Brent is a charming tale about a princess dress. The pages are bright and full of color. There is a definite kind of energy that jumps from page to page, a kind of vitality that will be recognized...