All Cody wants to do is sing. The thing is: no one will sing with him. His friends only want to play and lounge around in the water because that’s all crocodiles do. In Nico Altamirano’s The Crocodile Choir, Cody is discouraged and disheartened. He...

Hope and resilience are evident in The Plucky Ukrainian Sunflower by Karen Doornebos. The sunflowers noticed that things had changed in their world. The people who lived in their dacha hadn't been seen for days. Then, an enormous bear appeared, stomping on the sunflowers and...

Immerse yourself in a captivating adventure with Ann Hoang's Ella and Jake in the City of Sad. Featuring illustrations by Charity Russell, the book follows two young siblings, Ella and Jake, on a day when their mom leaves them with their Uncle Theo. Uncle Theo...

Beefy Goes from Bully to Buddy is the third in Dagmara Sitek’s Courage Tales series which, judging by the titles of the previous two, focuses on kindness and empathy – both sorely needed in our complex technological world where human connections can be so hard...

Where'd Grandma Go by Rhonda Goodall is a tender and heartfelt story designed to help young children navigate the complex emotions associated with the loss of a loved one. Told from the perspective of Goodall’s youngest son, who was only four years old at the...

Not Funny, Harvey! is a children’s picture book written by Judy L. Paris with illustrations by Nathalie Aall. It tells the story of Harvey, a desert critter who loves to play pranks and make others laugh. He enjoys making silly faces and playing jokes on...

Everyone wants to live in a clean house, but cleaning can be so boring! In Olimena J. M. Rovanesi's book Cleaning Together: A Special Place for Friendship Book 2, a father and son discover a new way to freshen up their home. Aaron and his...

I welcome any creative work that gives parents a tool to talk to their children about something difficult to articulate, and Kirsten L Henry has done this with her new book Quieting Hazel’s Heart. I can’t remember with great accuracy the first time I felt...

“Dolphins are some of the most delightful animals in the world!” Watching them in movies or nature certainly reveals some of their playfulness and their ability to interact with humans with ease and compassion. In Bob Michaelson’s The Great Competitors, a story unfolds involving dolphins...

Jodie Sealy is on a quest for self-discovery. But according to her Grandmomma Helen, Jodie is full of “sass and vinegar.” In Saint Agnes’ Garden, Diana Lynn Klueh tells the story of a young girl's struggle to become a rose instead of a dandelion. Grandmomma...