“Police dogs are very important in aiding law enforcement and are loved and cared for by their handlers.” In What Does a Police Dog Do? Ellen F. Feld points out that these canines are highly trained. They can sniff out accelerants in a burnt-out building,...

Where do dinosaurs go on vacation? They have yet to decide. When the story opens, a group of six dinosaurs is looking at drawings on the rock wall and the question is where do they dream of going. This is followed by all sorts of...

Deborah Stevenson's Chicken and Egg are back in a new amusing tale Why Did Chicken Cross the Road? In this second of the Chicken and Egg Book series, Chicken and Egg have finished their last errand, which was picking up some antibiotics. As they debate...

What Loretta's Katydid Did by Lois Wickstrom is an entertaining and educational picture book for young children. One day, a young girl named Loretta is visited by her grandmother. Loretta's "Grammie Stella" brings her a little tree, but not just any tree - an orange...

Nora is a compassionate girl with a big heart. She feels enormous love inside and around her but doesn't know how to express her feelings. Nora is so grateful to her mom for the brownies she made. Nora tries to write to her mom about...

Why, Oh Why, Am I a Crocodile? is a children’s picture book about a crocodile learning to love herself. Alex Brooks takes us through the forest as the sad crocodile envies the parrot’s brilliant colors, the giraffe’s long legs, the lion’s great roar, and the...

Wind, Ocean, Grass by Karen A. Wyle is a gentle, beautiful tribute to the outdoors. It is written as a conversation between the wind and the grass. As the wind makes the grass ripple, the wind tells the grass that it reminds him of the...

When I Grow Up: I Want To Be a Lawyer! by Lois R Beasley-Carlisle is an inspirational picture book for children. A young girl is having a hard time deciding what she wants to be when she grows up. She ponders becoming a doctor, a...

What is STEM? It’s an acronym and we’re familiar with acronyms in an era that lives by them. STEM stands for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Medicine. There are a lot of men and women who have excelled in different strands of STEM, but more has...

Positive affirmations improve children's self-esteem and motivate them to be honest with themselves. Sometimes children need to feel confident when interacting with other children or to encourage themselves to do new things. That is why it is important to teach them about self-confidence. What Matters...