Positive affirmations improve children's self-esteem and motivate them to be honest with themselves. Sometimes children need to feel confident when interacting with other children or to encourage themselves to do new things. That is why it is important to teach them about self-confidence. What Matters...

Dealing with the loss of a loved one is never an easy task. There are so many emotions that come to the fore in a moment of vulnerability. It could be the stoic, silent approach to an event no one wants to face but the...

Fadelah Mahmood's children's book What Should I Do is a fable in the form of a picture book. Yousuf has three siblings, Adam, Zak, and Hannah. One day, when their mother is away, Yousuf's cushion lands on his mother's favorite ornament, causing it to break....

What the Wind Blew In by Marilyn B. Wassmann is a collection of 6 short stories for children - Tiptoe Through The Toadstools, Ballad Of The Birdhouse, Tale Of A Tigger, Why Cry Butterfly? Flube-A-Dube, and Mice Works. Each of these wonderful stories has an...

Children are full of questions and this is reflected in the title of Who Taught Songbirds to Sing? by Kristina Schoettle. They want to know everything and usually all at once. Their questions can be a simple “Why,” or as pensive and deep as a...

In Who Said You Can Touch My Hair? by Dr. Tamecca Rogers, Keith Ross, and London Love, we are introduced to a young girl who is getting sick and tired of people touching her hair. She is very aware that her hair texture is different...

Which Cape Will I Wear Today? by Kiara Berry is a delightful and imaginative little story about cultivating self-esteem in young children. The story opens with a layman’s definition of self-esteem, which is feeling good about the type of person you choose to be. It...

When I Grow Up by Rae Ripple is an entertaining and inspirational picture book for young children. A young girl and her mother are on their way to the library. The girl thinks about a question her teacher asked her at school. To find the...

Women have made significant contributions to society. To achieve this, many of them had to overcome stereotyping, fight discouragement from many quarters, and use their resources to be heard. For some of these ground-breaking women, the path was difficult, but they achieved such impressive results...

Dragons, pixies, goblins, and elves all make an appearance in Kathryn Hollingworth's book We're On a Dragon Quest. A young girl peers out her window and sees what she thinks is a dragon. She convinces her brother to join her as they head outside to...