Sea of Surprises is a maritime-themed picture book for children written by Caren Cantrell and illustrated by Cindy Schlaudecker. Mermaiden Vienna was excited about the birthday surprise her Mer-gran was sending her. What could it be? Her best friend, Chloe, was wondering why Vienna was...

Baby Trolls Get a Bad Rap: Underrated Babies, Book 1 is a children’s social issues picture book written by Justine Avery and illustrated by Daria Yudina. Horatio, Grizelda, and Saul are trolls, but before you start wondering at how unlike trolls they look, you might...

They have just issued a hurricane watch and Niko is curious to know what a hurricane is. Aunt Sarah tells him that it is a big storm and explains how it forms over tropical waters, like the ocean. Lily wants to know if a hurricane...

Eddy the Teddy is ready to stand up to the bullying by Bad Boy Billy. Though Billy is Eddy's friend, he is a bad bully. Eddy wants Billy to stop his mean behavior before he makes someone cry. Bad Boy Billy is first mean to...

Time for Margot to Go to Bed (Margot the Groundhog and Her North American Squirrel Family Book 3) by Lieve Snellings is the story of Margot the groundhog and hibernation. Margot was feeling sad though she loved her sleep time. Frazie, the American red squirrel,...

Sonya Annita Song’s A Little Nutty is a children’s picture book about a character named Peanut Butter who seems to live a pretty eventful life, getting himself into rather sticky situations, but never claiming to be the troublemaker himself. The narrative is told in enchanting...

Meet Zella, the fourteen-feet-long bull shark in the storybook The Scary Gray Shark by Brian L. Tucker. Zella's black eyes never blinked and she swam all by herself in the dark waters of the ocean. People on shore were scared of her and they wanted...

Wadee Waddles is looking for his friends. It is going to be sunset soon and Wadee Waddles wants to play more before the sun sets and it is his bedtime. He sees Fayola when he reaches the waterhole. They decide to find their friends, Binah,...

Let's meet Toshiharu in the story Toshiharu's Bare Feet: A Loggerhead Story by Rita Kano. Though Toshiharu's head was sleeping, his feet were awake. The feet wanted to go for a walk on the beach but his head was too lazy to wake up. Finally,...

Whizzy Willow’s First Day At School by Billie Rayatt is the story of a little boy with willow hair in a new school, with a new teacher with hair of an oak. The story describes the typical nervousness of a child on the morning of...