Meet the Pops is a children’s adventure story by Belinda Barbieri. Coco is excited that she and her brother, Soda, are starting school today. But Soda doesn’t feel that way because he’s adopted and believes he won’t make any friends. No one wanted to make...

Building Brotherhood One Step at a Time is a children’s illustrated tale of sibling rivalry after adoption, written by Katherine E.L. Norris. Kyle is excited to have a new brother, but is soon jealous that he has to share with Carter. When Kyle starts yelling...

Mirror, Mirror by Barbara Freeman is a children’s book suitable for young children of grade second onwards. Mirror, Mirror is a story about a young black child named Tina Thomas who lives in Omaha with her parents and sisters. Tina is sometimes sad about her...

The Teardrop by Susan Thomas is the story of T-Man, a Nashville middle school student, accidentally shot by a classmate who brought his parents’ gun to school one day. The classmate brought the gun with him because he was a victim of bullying. Using myriad...

Today I feel... EMOTION is from the Fifo children’s book series written by Hayley Rose and illustrated by Mark Sean Wilson. While playing on the swings at the park, Zack and Chloe wonder where their friend Fifo is. Little do they realize that he is...

The English/Creole bilingual picture book, 1803 - The Haitian Flag / Drapo Ayisyen by Berwick Augustin, tells the story of the Haitian flag through the eyes of parents explaining the flag to their children, Pouchon and Natacha. The children are celebrating Flag Day at school,...

The Swim: A Story About Friendship and the Longest Swim in the World by Jens F. Colting is a beautiful story of friendship between Goliath and Tiny, a shy boy, who become friends after meeting at the community swimming pool. Goliath is wheelchair bound and...

The Super Sustainables: Facing the Drought by Albin Gielicz and Gonen Yacov is a beautiful book written for children, but one that every grownup needs to read, because to save the earth, every man and woman needs to learn from the kids. With the earth...

Nose Poop is a very well written book about what every child deals with and many times in embarrassment. Author Gloria J. Harris (Naejh) gives a vivid explanation of what “Nose Poop” is and how it catches bad things that get into our system, making...

Plaid Frogs Blue Toads & Pink Pollywogs, written and illustrated by Susan Marie Murdoch, tells the story of a group of frogs who start to change colour and grow strange fuzzy hair, extra toes, and even big spots and long hair. There seemed to be...