Katina Rankin is an Emmy-nominated journalist. Her story about how she came to write The Peace Drum: A Kofi Tale is an important part of the tale itself. Katina is used to listening to the voice of God. She called off her wedding and quit...

Family Time: I’m A Star by Brandon Foster is a short story about a girl called Simone. She is the second-born child of a family of four. She was the star of her team and was envied by most of her fellow students. But there...

Seoul Finds Her Talent by Kimberly Ratliff shares the story of a little Korean girl named Seoul. One day she is invited to share her talent in the neighborhood talent show. Seoul is not sure what she should demonstrate. She visits some of her friends...

Jake the Road Dawg shows responsibility, looking for all that is beautiful and magical even in what might otherwise be scary, sharing music to make people happy, but most importantly, learning that life is about friendship and family. Jake, a shelter pup, a mixed breed...

Everyone is different, even Bentley Hippo. Most hippos walk on four legs, but not Bentley; he walks on two and he wears sneakers. All his friends are different, too. There’s Jaxon the silly monkey who rattles on when he’s excited and really makes no sense...

Because We Stayed Home by Paula Shue Winfrey talks about how much the world has changed since last March when people started testing positive for Covid-19. The whole world seemed to change overnight and turn into something that was both confusing and scary. It was...

Sloan the Sloth is back to unravel the story behind the mask that turns him into a superhero ninja sloth. The story takes the young reader through the history of the magical mask that wields superpowers if worn by the right kind of animal. In...

Journey to Cassiopeia is a tale of loss and survival written by John K Addis and illustrated by Daniela Olaru. When a man comes home late from work, he hears his young child, Cassie, coughing from her bed. The father enters Cassie's room...

The picture book and early reader My Protest, written by Linda Gaston-Bessellieu and co-authored by Tawana Bessellieu and Jaliyah Bessellieu-Webb, describes from a first-person perspective how a little girl, Jaliyah, together with her mother, aunt, and cousin Camille, attends a Black Lives Matter protest. She...