Santa Claus and YOU! is a Christmas rhyming book for children written by Mark Watson and illustrated by Richard Caine. Told from a second-person perspective, it follows the young reader (“you”), in what appears to be a dream, helping Santa Claus deliver presents around the...

Cuddle up with your kids and their favorite bedtime stuffed toy and watch them fall into a deep sleep as you read the charming picture book, When the Stars Linger: A Soothing Children’s Bedtime Story About Love, Belonging, and Peaceful Sleep by Peggy Kan Hai....

Angela Odusanya’s Amelia’s Loose Part Art: A Night at the Campsite continues the Amelia series with a story that invites young readers to see play, nature, and imagination with fresh eyes. As the third book, this installment feels comfortably familiar while introducing a new setting...

The search for a new place to live can be tricky until you find just the right space that calls to you and feels just right. That’s exactly how the title character feels in A Home for Toad by Allison M. Webb. It begins with...

Will's Dream World by Will Nel is a picture book aimed at helping children enjoy their dreams as well as control their nightmares. It follows Will, a young boy, whose attitude toward his dreams is negative since they scare him. However, his father explains to...

There Was a Tenacious Teacher Who Scarfed Down a Sticker by Patty York Raymond is a fun, educational story for kids. One teacher and a whole classroom full of stuff – how much of it can she gobble down? A sticker, a book, a hula...

The Innkeeper’s Son by Christine L. Henderson opens with Marcus, the main character, pretending to be an important centurion who rules over toy soldiers. But Marcus’s mother abruptly asks him to bring blankets to their stable, where his father is seeing to new lodgers. At...

Santa Also Forgets by Wendy Maclean is the story of Lolo and her siblings on Christmas Eve as they prepare for the holiday with excitement and family traditions. After setting out treats for Santa and the reindeer, the children go to sleep, excited for Christmas...

Peanut Butter and Donner: Sweet Annie’s Grieving Tree, by Erin Rosenblum, is an emotional children’s picture book to help young readers with grief and loss. Peanut Butter, a bunny, Donner, a parakeet, and Annie, a duck, are friends and know each other well. One day,...

Shmoopie: A Whole Hug Planet by Sharon Y. Edlin is about a teddy bear who does not look like other bears. The toy factory worker was on a marshmallow ball break, and Shmoopie got stuffed with too much fluff. Shmoopie now has an unusual shape...