It’s hard growing up. Children (and even adults) always find something wrong with a child and many love to tease and torment. You might be a geek or a brainy kid or even a bookworm. You might like to play rough outside with both boys...

Is your hair long and straight? Or short and curly? Or perhaps it’s frizzy curly with lots of bounce and knots? Whatever your hair, there is a special treatment to make sure it’s clean, healthy, and untangled. It’s important to make sure the hair is...

Stress kills! Too many parents fail to realize how stressful life has become for their children. There was a time when stress was foreign to children; now, stress is their chief problem. Carmel Shami realizes how much stress affects children and addresses this issue in...

There’s never a dull moment for a police detective. Robbie Stewart is one of Galreen’s finest. He’s a frog, but he’s also very astute and does his job well. In fact, all the characters in Galreen are animals of one sort or another and they...

When I Am Angry by Michael Gordon is an insightful yet fun book about how young children can manage negative feelings, specifically anger, that might come upon them throughout different situations. The story follows Josh as he encounters anger during the day, whether it be...

In this beautiful book about letting go and accepting change, Keith the leaf enjoys life on a tree in the forest with his family, where he sees sunshine, birds, and more around him. As the seasons change, Keith begins to lose his family when they...

“At one time we all seemed so small. The problems we discovered at the beginning of the school year were too big for us. Yet here we are…” You might believe that you are only one person, but think about it: one person’s voice may...

Vanessa is a young turkey vulture who lives with her relatives and wishes to go with them to Muir Woods, but she is considered too young to have the strength to fly there and back. The day everyone, including her parents and brother, goes to...

What Is Your Story? by Lynn Deiulis is an educational book that uses the lives and activities of caterpillars and butterflies to explain parenthood, adoption, and other ways families are often created. Families can be connected by more than just blood, and there are so...

Carlos Finds Courage by Hector Contreras is an educational picture book for young children. The book is based on a young boy named Carlos who is starting at a new school. Carlos is nervous because he is worried that he won't make any friends, but...