Let's meet the snowman in the story The Snowman That Wanted to Play by Warona Van Dam. He had to start by putting himself together. First, he found a carrot; then he found himself a hat and a body. Then he got his two arms...

Bianca And The Snow Owl, written and illustrated by Chance Rowley, is the story of a young girl named Bianca playing in the snow with her parents. When the snow begins to come down harder, Bianca can no longer see her parents. Once the snow...

You Could Be a Police Officer! by Patricia Harman is an educational picture book about the exciting job of working in law enforcement. Marcela Estrada's upbeat, bright illustrations emphasize women and people of different ethnicities working together as police officers, showing how accessible and interesting...

I’ll Lend You My Daddy is tailor-made for children of fathers in the military, but it could also be used for children of military mothers. Additionally, it would be wonderful for young nieces and nephews, or friends and classmates of children whose parents are serving...

Lottie loves to wander on the beach with her puppy, picking up shells and, often enough, cleaning up the trash. One day, she discovers an abandoned pup in one of the trash piles. She tells her puppy that they must try to find a home...

The Smidgeons lived in a lush green valley with a river running wide and a forest and mountains on the opposite side. Though the Smidgeons were not known to be big or strong, they used their brains and cooperation to get along. Everything was perfect...

Big Bear Fair by Grandma Krazy/Kathy Blomquist is a short story about a young boy watching bears of all shapes, sizes, and colors doing several things that are out of the ordinary. His mother seems to be uninterested and indifferent as he runs through the...

Kaleisha is a mermaid who lives in the ocean. One day she asks Agwe the turtle if she can join him as he moves around the ocean floor, looking for tasty food to eat. He agrees and it’s a good thing. Seeing some jellyfish, he...

There is something very comforting about a garden. It doesn’t have to be prim and proper, a picture-perfect design of matching rows of colors. The wilder, the better. Mrs. Church has a lovely garden. It’s a bit wild, but well-trimmed and cared for, complete with...

What Wonders Await Outdoors is a work of highly enjoyable nature fiction, written in picture book format for children by author Justine Avery, complete with illustrations by Liuba Syrotiuk. Following up on the Wonders series after What Wonders Do You See When You Dream, we...