It is hard to imagine a more beguiling or comforting book for children than Sleep Tight, Pen by Michelle Mae. Pen, the penguin referenced in the title, is all tucked in at bedtime in his favorite fishy pajamas and can’t get to sleep because he...

Loving the You That You Are by Kristin Blomberg features relatable parents who wonder what life choices their children will make and how their children will react to the world. The parents convey their love for their children by being accepting, encouraging, and understanding. When...

Anthony C. Delauney wrote Dash and Nikki and The Jellybean Game to teach kindergarten to third-grade children about saving for the future. Dash and Nikki are brother and sister. One day at breakfast, they find 10 jellybeans near their plates. Their parents give them a...

In Rohan and Nyra and Big Sister’s Bet, by Anthony C. Delauney, Rohan’s big sister Nyra teaches him an important lesson about finances. Nyra bets Rohan that she will give him a dollar every time he catches the football she throws to him, but she...

Milagros Wallace’s Gregorina in Chicago: The Windy City is an inspiring tale of one young girl’s journey to feel at home in a new home, so very different from the one she had known. Gregorina moves from Venezuela to Chicago, where she is challenged, over...

A Christmas Miracle At Ground Zero by Judith M. Ackerman follows a family of mice, living in New York City, who see the first responders' rescue efforts on September 11th, 2001. The mice watch in horror at the devastation of the fallen towers and in...

You're Truly One of a Kind is a children's book written by Sonali Patodia and illustrated by Vanessa Alexandre. Krishna is quite concerned that he looks so different from Radha after catching a glimpse of his reflection in the water. Radha explains that we all...

Bradley and the Rocket is a children’s picture book by Julian Hilton with illustrations by Jacqueline East. The story follows a boy named Bradley, who is given homework to build a rocket. Bradley knows all about the planets in the solar system, like the mountains...

Otis the Trash Talking Octopus by Gina Giordano reminds us that there is a lot of trash dumped in the ocean and humans put it there. It’s killing the sea life and destroying what once was so beautiful. Out for a boat ride one sunny...

Have you ever had trouble making friends? Did one of your friends move homes, and for some reason, you lost touch with each other? Construction Connections is a heartfelt story about two such friends by Marissa Santos. Once, there was an excavator named Tracks on...