Teresa Anne Power’s Each One Blooms is a lovely, slow-paced story about the beauty of differences. A tender-hearted gardener walks through the park with a basket full of bulbs. When a group of children stops him, they ask what’s inside. What follows is a poignant...

Think Like the D-Squad by Phil Weiss follows four real family dogs, Sully, Baz, Dash, and Phoebe, who spend their days solving everyday backyard mysteries together. Dash tells the story, and it's clear early on that something's bothering Sully. He's stopped bringing his found treasures...

Kindness can start with something small and take root in ways no one expects. In Pickled Chicken by E.K. Mockingham, a little chick is wandering through the pea patch when he spots something strange: a glowing pickle. Of course, he takes a bite. There’s a...

This entertaining picture book is about the day Winslow the Wizard decides to do everything without using magic because he wants to try new things. With this entertaining premise, Jessica and Lucy Egan join the wizard for mishaps, fun, and learning. He manages his morning...

At the Ragtag Hotel: Chaos in the Courtyard is a fabulous picture book for children and the second installment in the series by talented author Freya Novak. The story unfolds at the Ragtag Hotel. It is going to be a stormy night, and Dallas Dingo...

What Nature Teaches Us: A Book About Being the Light is a remarkable book for children by nine-year-old author Clay Vilhauer, co-authored by Amber Vilhauer, and illustrated by Joni-Leigh Doran. This eye-opening book takes us through the objects of nature we have known since early...

From Your Hands to My Heart by Jill Pietroburgo tells the story of the parents' nurturing touch and its lasting power as a child grows up. Written from a son’s perspective, he recollects his life from infancy through old age. Each page captures different wonderful...

Being ordinary can be so boring. Jimmy has his own unusual way of doing just about everything in Jumbled Up Jimmy by Laura Roso. He wears his watch, his socks, and even his uniform just a little bit differently. His friends Rafi, Maddie, and Sophie...

Pug and Puppy by Janina Kelly is about Paula, a cute little pug who really relies on her quiet routine and house rules. Her calm world disappears when a woman and an energetic Bernese puppy named Ben move into the chalet to stay. Ben has...

Written and illustrated by Allie Compeau, Where Do Pirates Poop? is an energetic, deeply silly discovery of pirates’ bathroom logistics. The narrative opens with a boy’s unfiltered curiosity about the practical, unglamorous bathroom situation of the pirates: “Where do pirates poop?” From there, he starts...