Spectrum of Cars: Rescue and Recovery Road, by Tonya Baradaran, is an illustrated children’s book about how adults need to take care of themselves as much as children do. Little Truck and Daddy decide to visit their relative, Auntie, so they take off on a...

One Nest or Two, written by Karen Brough and illustrated by Hiruni Kariyawasam, depicts divorce for children through the perspectives of birds whose nest was ruined after a large storm. With a storm forcing them to make two nests, their kids have to adjust to...

In Billy Baldwin’s The Boy, The Mermaid, And The Storm, a boy sets sail each morning and tells his mother he’ll be home for dinner, until one day he can’t, not until he conquers something. One day the boy sets sail, unaware that a storm...

A choice between two silly possibilities can turn into a surprisingly honest conversation. In Would You Rather Book for Kids 7-13: Feelings & Friends Edition by Luna Mindwise, children work through more than 250 “would you rather” questions arranged in six missions. Each section focuses...

Carmen Parets Luque’s Fingerprints: A Story About Diversity is a children's picture book that introduces a colorful world of fingerprint characters, each as individual as the mark left by a human finger. Through their daily little lives, the characters show children how people can look...

In her children’s picture book, The Very Best You, author and illustrator Angela Panayotopulos offers encouragement to “young warriors of rare diseases and abilities.” Her messages include the recognition that everyone is unique, that some need special tools to flourish, that there are loving people...

Finding Home: A Tale for Anyone Who Has Forgotten Their Way is a fabulous, illustrated children’s book by Mary-Anne Haupt. Four children, Lucy, Abigail, Joseph, and Ben, walk in the woods. Lucy feels lost and wants to go home. Abigail also feels scared. Joseph hides...

So You Want To Be An International Aid Worker by Linda Soules is part of the So You Want To Be series. What would you do if a truck full of food was stopped at a checkpoint in the middle of a war? Aid workers...

Aila is a young girl who is facing separation from her dad during a military deployment. The Dada Doll by Nina Rohrig follows her journey. Before his departure, Aila’s dad gives her a special doll to hold onto and hug tightly when she misses him....

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...