Sometimes the smallest positive thought can brighten a whole day. In The Happiest Therapist presents Positives by Frank Clayton, readers meet a trio of kids and one unforgettable cat. First is Dan, who wakes up bummed out and wears a mood ring that shows how...

Sand Rabbits Rest and Be Thankful by James Gerard is a children’s storybook that follows Professor Swift as he drives along a route called Rest and Be Thankful during a snowstorm. The professor is tired, sleepy, and unsure where he is, but through his window,...

Paromita De’s Paromita: The Value in a Name tells the story of a little girl who has a really tough first day of third grade. Her new teacher gets her name completely wrong during roll call, making it sound like a clunking car engine, and...

Life is full of new beginnings. A mother bird tells her young bird it’s time to leave the nest in The Bird Song by Willie Beesley. The news makes him feel very nervous. The world feels so big, but his mom offers some encouraging advice....

Murphy is off to school. He doesn’t understand why, and he wonders if it’s really just about learning new rules. In Becki A. Jacobson’s The Adventures of Murphy and Me: Why Must I Go to School?, Murphy continually questions the importance of going to school....

What would you do to fit in? Author Becki A. Jacobson uses a real-life rescue dog, Murphy, as inspiration for the pup in The Adventures of Murphy and Me: Murphy's Credit Catastrophe. In this picture book, young readers meet a sweet beach-loving canine named Murphy....

Tower in the Stars (Torre en las estrellas) by Laura Carolfi is a children’s illustrated picture book about life and death. Tower is an older dog, and he is there when Tiny is born. I liken Tower to a grandfather figure, in his later years...

Mark Binder’s The Worst centers on an ordinary eighth-grader who navigates the awkward world of a small New England middle school along with his tight-knit group of friends. Calling themselves Team Bomb Shelter, these clever middle schoolers use an ironic scale to rank their daily...

If you have ever tried explaining how macroeconomics affects global warming to an eight-year-old, you know how quickly their eyes glaze over. In A Kid’s Guide to Economic Activism for the Climate, author Kimberly Haidinger takes on that challenge by dropping readers straight into a...

Every child must learn that not everything will go the way they want. Fearless Growth Mindset Short Stories for Boys by Toby Sparrow is a collection of short stories introducing readers to boys who face all kinds of challenges. It begins with Leo, who believes...