The Ollie Dog Quartet, by Victor Alfaro, is a good children’s book. The author is able to capture the sense and feel of the main character, a dog named Ollie. Ollie tastes freedom when a human cutting the grass leaves the yard gate open. Ollie...

The Little Green Astronaut by Victor Alfaro is a children’s story illustrated by Christopher Alfaro. The story centers around a young lizard named Green who stows away on a NASA truck, which in turns takes him inside a rocket ready for launch. Green tags along...