Deadpan by Harold Eppley offers readers a glimpse into the life of Jackson, a 12-year-old boy navigating the challenges of middle school, family dynamics, and living with Moebius Syndrome. Written in free verse, the story captures the raw emotions and experiences of a young boy...

The Long Road Home by Rebecca Cooperman-Glucksman tells an important story for all kids. Bailey and Buddy are two happy little dogs. They have a wonderful home filled with love and happiness and lots of bones to chew on, but one day, Buddy asks Bailey...

Two Worlds: One Family by Felicia L. Kenny is a heartwarming children’s picture book centered on eight-year-old Jory, who loves her family dearly. Spending time with her big mixed family always brings her joy and comfort. Jory’s family is unique: her dad is White, and...

Angela Odusanya’s Amelia’s Loose Part Art: A Night at the Campsite continues the Amelia series with a story that invites young readers to see play, nature, and imagination with fresh eyes. As the third book, this installment feels comfortably familiar while introducing a new setting...

The search for a new place to live can be tricky until you find just the right space that calls to you and feels just right. That’s exactly how the title character feels in A Home for Toad by Allison M. Webb. It begins with...

We Are The Future: Proud, Kind, United is a wonderful educational book by C.M. Harris. If you want to know what it’s like to be truly included and belong, why not visit this school? Here, the children are kind, playing together nicely, and inviting everyone...

Peanut Butter and Donner: Sweet Annie’s Grieving Tree, by Erin Rosenblum, is an emotional children’s picture book to help young readers with grief and loss. Peanut Butter, a bunny, Donner, a parakeet, and Annie, a duck, are friends and know each other well. One day,...

Shmoopie: A Whole Hug Planet by Sharon Y. Edlin is about a teddy bear who does not look like other bears. The toy factory worker was on a marshmallow ball break, and Shmoopie got stuffed with too much fluff. Shmoopie now has an unusual shape...

The Unhappy Quokka by Jane Kopper Hilleary is a fun kids’ story about an animal that lives in the land of kangaroos and koalas. The quokkas live on an island, and they are the happiest animals in the world. People come from all over to...

Jake The Firedrake by Chandele Morris is a cute rhyming picture book about emotional intelligence and teaching kids how to understand and navigate their emotions. Jake is nuts about dragons, and he wears his new dragon t-shirt to school. But something happens that makes Jake...