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...

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...

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...

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...

Janice Hechter’s Where Are the Women is a nonfiction children’s picture book. It recounts the New York City Girl Scouts’ discovery that, of the twenty-two statues elevated on pedestals throughout Central Park in 2016, all were men. Zero women were honored. The girls rallied to...

Rainy days meet big imaginations. Written by Felix M. Finley, The Perfect Fort follows a little girl named Sam, her ever-eager AI assistant Pip, and their quest to build the ultimate living room fort in one rainy day. Sam wants to build a giant castle...