Maya and the Stage Fright, written by Vicky Weber and illustrated by Aleksander Jasinski, is a children's picture book intended to help children recognize what stage fright is and to provide ways to effectively manage it on their own. The book begins with a young...

What can you do to make a friend feel better? How do you let them know you are thinking about them and wish them well? In Malwen's Get Well Wishes by C. Géraldine that is what Malwen, a snail, is trying to decide. Malwen has...

Ms. Ruby and the Gigi Squad by Vickie G Rodgers tells a cute children's story about the friendship between four children and an elderly woman, accompanied by beautiful illustrations by Vidyu Vasudevan. Ms. Ruby is living in a retirement center and is feeling a bit...

Have you ever confronted an angry apricot? Or how about an indecisive iceberg? Or an optimistic orange and a pessimistic pear? Do you even know what a quince is, let alone a quarrelsome quince? Hayley Mitchell uses alliteration at its healthy food best, allowing the...

Moneytopia: Earning by Shanshan Peer is a children’s concept book that would appeal most to parents, teachers, and child caregivers who wish to teach children about earning money. Lexie, Zoey, and Chuck are three young animals who go to school in the land of Moneytopia,...

Mixed Emotions, by Lakshita Bhargava, and illustrated by Dharini Verma, is an engaging and thought-provoking children's book that explores emotions, guided by the main character Natalia, who has mixed emotions about the big city where her cousin Nancy lives. Natalia looks forward to vising her...

Mama's (honest) ABCs is a unique twist on the traditional alphabet book. Heidi Sharrard follows the standard alphabet book format with a word for each letter followed by a rhyming sentence. What is different about this book is that all the words relate to the...

“What else could possibly go wrong?” How often have we said those words and then things did go decidedly worse than before? And, yet, we never learn to avoid saying those words when things appear to be going totally awry. That’s what happened to Mr....

Don’t wait until you become a Werecow to take care of your health. Grandpa loved the good life and was unapologetic about it. The sweet life comprised eating sugar, bad fats, donuts, and a sedentary lifestyle. He abhorred healthy living, and in time, his heart...

My Prince Wears Blue Jeans is a lovely story that shows a little girl's admiration for her father. Kayla Davidson offers us an adorable version of what good father-daughter interaction is. In it, the daughter, the princess of the story, explains to us the world...