Skimmer & Birdy: Let's Help Nell by Carrie Turley is a colorful children's picture story. Skimmer and Birdy are two elephants who simply love life. They have positive, happy attitudes and are alert to those around them. So along comes Nell, the giraffe with a...

Soulful Holidays by Ciara L. Hill is a beautifully crafted rhyming story that reminisces on the traditions many African American families know and love. The poem instantly sparks nostalgia with references to holiday foods, musical selections, and activities. Then, readers are gently pulled into the...

In Saturday Morning with Mobley by Dana Pegram and Kenneth Burton III, Mobley has a fun day planned, and he is super excited to start it. Then, his mom reminds him that he has chores to do. Mobley would rather go outside and play than...

Shadow’s a dog; Foxy and Sparkles are squirrels. It doesn’t matter that they’re different; they’re still best friends. Shadow once saved a lost baby squirrel, Little Whitey, and that’s what cemented the friendship. There are other wild animals (and not so wild, too) who have...

There are more than one hundred billion stars in the universe, and since the beginning of humans living on Earth, there have been more than one hundred billion babies born. Pretty amazing, don’t you think? But did you know that everyone is like the stars...

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...

Sophie Washington and her friend Chloe have many needs, as most eleven-year-olds do. Chloe wanted some new leggings while Sophie wanted a puppy and to get her mom a bracelet for her birthday. The girls decided that they must take their destiny into their own...

It is a day like many others in the Windy City when the story of Stay on Track! by Michael A. Brown begins. Passengers are waiting on the platform for the arrival of their train when Eddie, the train engineer, steps on board his train...

Stripes: The Friendly Penguin by Seth Clay is about a little striped penguin who lives with his family and friends in Patagonia. One day while fishing, he gets stuck in an oil slick and becomes lost. He eventually washes up on shore in Brazil where...

Kubwa the hippopotamus saw Zuri the giraffe as he peered above the river water level. Zuri had long legs, a neck that stretched high, and was skinny. Even her nose was skinny, and Kubwa called her skinny. Zuri was annoyed and she told Kubwa that...