Tall as the Sun by Stephanie Henson is a children’s picture book set at the beach, told from a little girl’s perspective. As she rides upon her father’s shoulders, she delights in the views of swimmers, surfers, and seagulls. But it’s the special feeling of...

Turtle Crossing by Malve von Hassell is a children’s tale about a turtle named Oliver. He lives a quiet, comfortable life with his parents. Oliver enjoys listening to his dad telling stories and watching his mom drag a basket with her foot. He also loves...

The Little Red Hen Learns How to Ask for Help by Jasmine Sears is a fresh take on the classic tale. In this version, readers meet a hardworking hen who sets out to bake a loaf of bread and decides to ask for help along...

The Unbeautiful Butterfly is a children's picture book by Curtis Wright. It follows the journey of a little caterpillar into a butterfly. When a strong gust of wind blows a caterpillar egg from the leaf of a tree, it falls to the ground with a...

The Magical World of Poetry by Sandy Whiting is a well-organized collection that introduces young readers to the many possibilities of poetry while encouraging them to explore their own creativity. Whiting explains different poetic forms, providing clear descriptions of styles such as acrostic, cinquain, haiku,...

The Cheeky Capybara is a children’s picture book written by Kateryna Dronova with illustrations by Dara Karei. It is the story of Tito—a capybara with a big personality and an even bigger ego. He struts around the marshes and green meadows, convinced he’s better than...

The Spirits of '76 by T. W. Fitzhugh is the first book in the Spirits of the Revolution series. The Battle of Brooklyn, the largest battle in the American Revolutionary War, is drawing near. Just 11 years old, Emmeline is fed up with other people...

In Everkind, Haven Ruth, the smallest fairy, is also known as the Biter Fairy. In Gael JB Orr’s The Itty-Bitty Biter Fairy, Haven Ruth has quite the temper, and she resolves it by biting anyone nearby. All the other fairies have bite marks from Haven...

What does it truly mean to be alive? Does it mean being safe? Does it mean living in one place where everything is perfect, and the world is merely something you can watch through transparent walls? In Darya Ahmadi’s The Glass House on the Hill,...

In The Boy Who Counts His Mistakes by Kim Adams, readers meet young Alex, who’s wearing two mismatched socks. He sometimes counts his mistakes. He begins his day pretending to be an astronaut for a little too long, which is his first error of the...