When children learn to be kind, they create a healthy environment for themselves and improve their relationships with their friends. C.M. Harris teaches us this by example. She explains that there are many ways to help others. At home, children can do simple things like...

Where Summer Melts Christmas by Jéssica S. Scheumann is a gorgeous children's picture book. It follows Sofia and her best friend, Zeca, a cute penguin, as they spend Christmas this year in a new country with its own traditions. Sofia and Zeca both love Christmas, the...

Walter, Whatever Will Be, Will Be by Greg Bulla follows three young friends and their adventures as they navigate school, family, and friendship over a season in 1976, Oaktown, North Carolina. Walter Taylor and his two best friends are about to start second grade at...

When Santa Was Single: A Cinderella Story for Christmas is a children’s storybook written by Beth Wellington, with illustrations by Yvette Gilbert. The story follows Clarissa, a young woman living in a town near the North Pole. She had an incredible childhood, raised by her...

Waiting For You / Esperando Por Ti by Mikayla Ruvalcaba is a bilingual children's book depicting pregnancy in an age-appropriate way to help parents express their excitement and longing in the months leading up to the baby's arrival. It's a great book for young children,...

Puppies are adorable, but what if the puppy has big ears? Willie is a Yorkshire Terrier with one problem: exceptionally large ears. Clairmarie H. Field wrote Willie’s Gift to help children understand that the very thing that we often identify as odd can be the...

Whiskers and the Cat Café by Susan Montgomery is a tale of Friendships and Forever Homes. Whiskers, Sunny, Socks, and Fluffy all live in a cozy Cat Café, waiting for their forever homes. Whiskers loves playing with visitors to the Café, but he really wants...

Whisper by Alison Bellringer is a poignant story that follows Britney, a young girl raised in an abusive home. Every day, Britney lives in fear of what her alcoholic father might do to her and her mother. Despite her efforts to avoid angering him, he...

Words Tangled by Olivia Von Holt is a touching coming-of-age graphic novel about Sophie, a young girl figuring out life with dyslexia and bilingualism. Her journey takes her from Germany to a whole new world in America and, along the way, she faces the challenge...

Suzan Johnson's We Need Bees is a delightful children's book about Randy, a little boy who enjoys spending time outside among nature. One day, he notices his mom looking sad because of the condition of her flowers. Her garden doesn't have any bees to pollinate...