What would you be able to do if you were an octopus? With eight legs, would you be able to do more things at once and get all those nasty chores out of the way faster? Shani T. Night’s picture book story, If I Were...

Happy Within by Marisa J. Taylor is a fantastic little book that will help all children learn to appreciate themselves. Marisa makes this book even more unique by having the text in both English and Spanish. As a bi-lingual book, Happy Within / Feliz por...

Feelings: Understanding Through Rhyme is a brightly colored children’s book written by Susan Falkenhan and illustrated by Heather White. The book does exactly what the author hints in the title – it helps readers learn through rhyme. Each page is filled with colors and large...

Whatever you do to others will return to you twofold or more. How many times have we heard these words of wisdom? Vic is the youngest of seven children, all of whom live with their widowed mother. She works tirelessly for long hours to feed...

Yoga and cookies, what a clever combination! Margot Harris has written a fun story called Cookie Doughga: A Book about Yoga, Mindfulness, and Cookies! Maria and her Mama are busy making cookie dough when they decide to make the cookies in the shape of yoga...

Katina Chimney’s Keilah West: The World’s Greatest Klutz is a children’s picture book about a little girl named Keilah who stumbles a bit through the book, trying to find something that she’s good at. Whether cleaning the house or participating in outdoor activities, she just...

When Little Bella is adopted by a poor man who lived in the Alps of northern Italy, little did she know that she would be one of a pack of dogs, the other three dogs being much bigger and older. There was little food, as...

In Picture Perfect Jordan by Katrina Denise, we are introduced to a boy who has many talents. He could run fast, sing, play drums, as well as being a great reader and good at math. Despite all these strong attributes, Jordan was not good at...

Paula The Busy Bee: Shani and Friends by Shani T. Night is an excellent way to teach children about the importance of honeybees. The main character is Paula, a young worker bee. The author outlines Paula's jobs as she grows up; her first job is...

There are more than one hundred billion stars in the universe, and since the beginning of humans living on Earth, there have been more than one hundred billion babies born. Pretty amazing, don’t you think? But did you know that everyone is like the stars...