We all have a past, and the past comes with baggage. What one does with the baggage will affect their life now and in the future. In Baggage by Laurel Lorenzini, children learn how to handle their baggage and how much better life is when...

Alliteration at its best, Molly dreams of being “perfectly pretty in pink” for picture day. The only thing is, she loses one of her front teeth just before picture day. She can’t smile now, can she? Or can she risk being “imperfectly pretty in pink?”...

If you enjoyed reading Summer of L.U.C.K., you will enjoy this sequel, Ready or Not (Summer of L.U.C.K. Trilogy) by Laura Segal Stegman with illustrations by Victoria Marble. Justin Pennington is back along with his friends Darby McAllister and Naz Nezri at Camp Inch along...

Maya loves the outdoors. She loves to watch the leaves falling and she enjoys dancing to the music made by the swaying trees. She is like the lotus flower, “a strong-willed flower, resilient as a nurtured child.” In Patricia Ambinder’s As Maya Grows in the...

Emma is a real champster. That’s what we always called our dog when he braved the unthinkable and continued to hobble through life with joy and jubilation. William found Emma in a field, starving and dehydrated, barely alive. She had obviously been abused by her...

Fear is the most powerful and paralyzing of all emotions. Emotions are natural and everyone has them, but the trick is in how to control them. Willow the Skunk has to face a typical fear of school-aged children in Willow the Skunk Gets Schooled: On...

Reading can be fun. But first, you have to learn the basic sight words. In Dawn Renee Young’s Little Cub’s Big List, Little Cub is on a mission to learn and memorize his long list of sight words. Sight words are hard to remember, but...

Porter and Midge: Paws and Playtime is an educational children's picture book by Jennie Chen and Giselle Nevada. The book follows the adventures of two furry friends, Porter and Midge, and their human companions, CJ and Lora. CJ and Lora can't wait to play with...

Sometimes it’s just too difficult to sit still. That’s Gracie’s problem. She’s so full of energy that she feels compelled to always be on the move, tapping her pencil, wiggling in her seat, and kicking soccer balls into the wrong net, earning the opposing team...

Promise, You Will Be Kind is written by Yara Yardley and illustrated by Vikki Reds. Jamie enters a new school after leaving everything and everyone she knew behind. Adjusting to a new school with new people can be very difficult. Will Jamie make friends in...