Herman the mouse has lots of stories to share with young readers. He is a smart mouse and Papa Mouse and Mama Mouse knew it from the start. They lived in a pile of hay in a barn where there were cows, chicken, and sheep....

Herman the mouse is enjoying springtime. The flowers are in full bloom and the grass has turned green. He is happy to see the changes happening on the farm, and inside and outside the red barn. The pig has had new babies and Ned the...

Meet Yucky Dog who lived with her family, Abby, Nene, and Papa, in the country in The Adventures of Yucky Dog: Lost in the Woods by Bill Terry. Though they lived in the country, the dog could still get into a lot of trouble. One...

The Grossest Picture Book Ever (For Kids who Love to Laugh) is written by Derek Taylor Kent and illustrated by Lynx Studios. Take a walk on the wacky and weird streets of Gross where our strange gross behaviors are celebrated instead of treated with disdain....

Cosmic Cat by Mollie Hunt is the sixth book in the Crazy Cat Lady series. Lynley enters uncharted territory when she attends Bridgetown Comic-Con where she meets various cosplayers. One such cosplayer is Captain Cat who introduces Lynley to his vigilante group called Planet Defenders....

Zebi’s Dream is written by Farida Mirza and illustrated by Bastian Matiz. Zebi, a homeless girl who helped her mother panhandle for enough money to buy food, wanted nothing more than to learn to read and write. She stared at the school that was close...

The Desert in the Glass by C.C. Luckey is a story with strong characters, a story filled with magical realism, following three women as they navigate challenges in their personal lives and a powerful threat to the world. When the world is struck by a...

Bullying has become a serious topic and some might say it has become an epidemic in schools and homes over the past 20 or so years, especially with the creation of the internet and its many ways to communicate via websites. Bullying was once perceived...

Footprints on the Mountains: Hiking the Appalachian Trail from Georgia to Maine by Dennis Renshaw is the non-fiction memoir of the author's experience hiking the whole of the 2,189.2 miles of the Appalachian Trail. Renshaw begins by sharing the story of how his desire to...

Wonders of Creation: Modern Science in the Torah by Levi Tsehmeister, Nati Ben David, and Avraham Nativ is a fascinating book to introduce young readers to the basic concepts of science and technology, space, engineering, medicine, and history in an entertaining way. The authors connect...

In Crumbs in the Outfield, Roger Frank marries the fleeting moments that make a baseball game with the precise observation that characterizes a centuries-old Japanese poetry form to produce a delightful and insightful collection that is further enriched by the author’s photographs. In some 85...

Making music is an exciting adventure. For one pink pig, it’s very exciting. This pink pig plays all kinds of instruments and not just the most recognizable instruments like the piano, the trumpet, and the drums. The pink pig plays all kinds of different instruments...

Do You Believe In Angels? by Tammy Brown is a beautiful story in which a daughter asks her mother about Angels and their existence and how her mother explains it to her. The mother told her daughter that Angels were around them all the time,...

Elvis, Escape From Dragon Dungeon by Allison Hammes is the tale of Elvis, Rapunzel's brother, who was thrown into a dungeon. Spending his life in solitary confinement gave Elvis plenty of time to practice using his sword every single day. Dreaming of freedom kept him...

Nito and the Witch, by Jennie G. Wittenbach, begins with 5-year-old Nito wanting to work in the vegetable fields with his mother, while his father works in a carpentry shop to help pay for Nito’s brother’s and sister’s schooling to learn a new language, as...

Mario’s Hidden Pictures is written by Jennie G. Wittenbach and illustrated by Danielle Mathews. Mario is having problems with focusing during his classes at school. Mrs. Langston catches him daydreaming and staring out the window. Mario wants to tell her what he’s seeing but is...

The Peacock Door by Wanda Kay Knight is the first book in the Ancient Pathways and Hidden Keys series. Three sets of cousins are visiting their Gramma and are delighted when she has a surprise for them: a ramshackle treehouse. It’s all theirs to play...

Poquito, a little Chihuahua, lived with his family on a small ranch at the edge of Rancho Grande, a huge cattle ranch. All kinds of wild creatures roamed and Poquito watched from the front porch of his house. One day Poquito heard a howl in...

Cass and Wat is the first book in the NorthWatch series, a young adult mystery that is very enjoyable, a well-written coming-of-age by Cagey Magee. Thirteen-year-old Cass wants only one thing: to protect her brother and help in her father's presidential campaign. But there is...

Jasper the parrot lived in the rainforest with his family and they were all Yellow Cheek Amazons. One day when their mama had gone out, both Jasper and his brother Willie jumped out of their nest and tried flapping their tiny wings. Their mama had...