A long time ago giraffes had short necks and they looked very different. They could not reach very high because their necks were short. These short-necked giraffes roamed the African plains and there was one giraffe, Jane, who was different from the rest. She was...

Finding George Washington by Bill Zarchy is a time travel tale. It’s 1778 and the weather is freezing. New snow falls constantly, making life difficult for the soldiers at the Valley Forge encampment. General George Washington leaves the encampment and suffers a fall, knocking himself...

I Have the Power ... To Enjoy School! by Toni McAree and Stephanie Hope is an uplifting book with rhyming poems accompanied by positive affirmations to give children confidence when going to school. The affirmations are comforting and saying them out loud will make children...

In Merren and the Heron by Tony Dow, a class of children is visiting the zoo. Their task is to take a photo of an animal that sounds like their name. The only problem is that they were having trouble finding the animals. Ryan’s lion...

Dreams can take you to all kinds of wonderful places and give you lots of magical fun. Davina loves to go to her dreamdom; that’s what she calls the place where her dreams take her. One night, after falling asleep and waking up in dreamdom,...

A Peek Under The Big Top is written by Nancy Beaule and Illustrated by Lauren Goldstein. Chompy, Salt, Spud, and Cookie are all excited about the circus being in town. Candybar, one of the gang’s friends, doesn’t want to go. The rest know that if...

Hush Money by Deborah Harris, Jaquie Abram, and Delilah Harris is an explosive novel that focuses on systemic racism. All Ebony, a black woman, ever wanted was to have a decent and steady source of income, to take care of her mother and son. Her...

Michael Tobin's non-fiction memoir, Riding the Edge -- A Love Song to Deborah, is an extraordinary memoir of a bicycle journey in 1980, and how its unexpected and incredible encounters and experiences turned into a life-changing journey. In 1980, Michael Tobin and Deborah Risk are...

Sapphire Stars: Poems by Christie Leigh Babirad is an enchanting and dreamy collection that will take poetry lovers into another dimension where romance, passion, and matters of the heart are expressed and will leave them fascinated with its timelessness and sensitivity. The book has been...

How Hope Became an Activist is an inspiring, sweet picture book by George M. Johnson, tackling the subject of activism for younger generations. Activism is a very broad topic, with many different groups, organizations, and individuals considered activists. Instead of attempting to tackle everything to...

Marisa And The Mountains by George M. Johnson is about a girl who lives deep in the mountains. Tall pine trees surround her. Her brother loves the mountains and likes hiking the hills, but Marisa is fearful of bears and cougars. She doesn’t like walking...

In The Little Donkey by Shannon L Mokry, we are introduced to a donkey who is living alone in the meadow. He loved racing around the meadow, kicking up his hooves and rolling around in the flowers. Even though he was yelled at for ruining...

This I Know by Clay Anderson is a lovely little children’s book about finding beauty in nature. The story begins with a girl waking her baby sister in excitement about the day ahead. Through rhyme and playful illustrations, we go on a trip with this...

The Birds Sang Eulogies: A Memoir by Mirla Geclewicz Raz is a moving memoir that gives readers glimpses of what it meant to be a child of the Holocaust and how they had to deal with the trauma of their parents in their own way....

Max and the Spice Thieves is a work of fiction in the epic fantasy, action, and adventure sub-genres aimed at young adult readers, and was written by author John Peragine. The book follows the hero Max Daybreaker as he joins a group of spice pirates...

Career Choreography: Your Step-by-Step Guide to Finding the Right Job and Achieving Huge Success and Happiness is a work of non-fiction in the self-help, guidance, and business subgenres, and was penned by author Ken Lindner. The work is intended for the adult reading audience and...

The government has issued a decree that all citizens must undergo a cure for mental illness, and a young girl immune to the first cure tries to hide the fact she is different in the frightening dystopian novel, Citizen (Uncured Season 1) by Maggie Ray....

Kita and the Magic Paint is a delightful children's tale written by Laura Schaumer and illustrated by Pardeep Mehra. Colors are a very exciting thing to learn. Not only can we blend two primary colors to make a new color, but we can also blend...

Safety Risk Management: Preventing Injuries, Illnesses, and Environmental Damage by Fred E Fanning is a non-fiction guide that at first glance appears to be an occupational risk supplement, but after a thorough read is clearly something that can be applied to just about anything one...

The Bertrams and the Jimenezes were two families that lived in El Salvador. While the Bertrams operated a thriving restaurant, Domingo Jimenez operated a repair shop. Both families had dreamed of moving to America, but they were doing okay in El Salvador until the maras...