Life is full of possibilities and what-ifs. You can be anything you want to be if only you believe in yourself. You can be an astronaut or a chef, a writer or a judge, or even a scientist. You might be different in how you...

When Will Cicada Sing? is a wonderfully delightful book by Carla Mae Jansen. Carla is a science teacher and teaches children about the long life cycle of the cicada in this book. This little book is a fantastic introduction to zoology for children. Carla presents...

Who Needs a Volcano? is a cool question that lots of people ask, but few people can answer. Carla Mae Jansen provides a wide variety of surprising answers with illustrations by Kaia Joy Jansen, plus photographs of wild creatures from around the globe. A volcano...

The oft-repeated Shakespearean phrase, “the eyes are the window to your soul,” couldn’t be more true than the window they represent in a young child. There is so much love glistening in a child’s eyes, along with trust, hope, and perhaps even a promise for...

Marmaduke the Mole and his wife are expecting a child. They want a bigger home. In fact, they want many children and they want all their children to have their own rooms. Marmaduke the Mole decides he must get a job so he can afford...

What Is Your Story? by Lynn Deiulis is an educational book that uses the lives and activities of caterpillars and butterflies to explain parenthood, adoption, and other ways families are often created. Families can be connected by more than just blood, and there are so...

Why Didn't the Chicken Cross the Road? by Paul Schwartz is a fun and educational picture book for young children. The story follows a chicken who desperately wants to cross the road to play and hang out with his friends, but his parents warn...

What is Racism? by Terri Casey is an educational children’s picture book that follows Zoey as she learns about racism and what she can do to help combat it. When Zoey looks out her window to see a protest going on outside her house, she...

Where Do You Go? written by Laura Larson, and illustrated by Duli Sen, is a lovely children’s book about the need to escape it all, to go somewhere peaceful and feel better about oneself and the world. It is beautifully illustrated and the drawings perfectly...

What to Know Before You Get Your Dog by Margrit Strohmaier is a stunning little book for children (and some adults) that teaches us how to care for dogs in order to keep them healthy and happy. Through rhymes and beautiful pictures, the book highlights...