The Piraroo is the first book in the Tales from Puffington Hill series, written by Marko Kitti and illustrated by Ant Carlos de Ituiutaba. Max Magee is a ten-year-old boy who feels invisible to his family. His best friends are Gurdimus (a giant tarantula) and...

The Snow Witch by Rosie Boyes is a charming read filled with the magic and wonder of fairy tales. Siblings Kes and Star's lives change when they're sent off to live with their legal guardian: a grandma living in a St. Flurries house said to...

Christmas is a magical time for many people, filled with secrets and mystery. What sort of present might be under the tree this year? Will Santa bring you what you asked for? Jonathan is curious about what sort of secret his neighbor, Mrs. Sweetwater, might...

Two children and a squirrel discover that with a little effort and ingenuity, they can make fascinating discoveries in the children’s educational short story, The Secret of the Smelly Trail: Malaysia by Sumita Mukherjee. Keiko and her ornery younger brother Kenzo enjoy exploring nature, experiencing...

Thomas Wildus and the Book of Sorrows by J.M Bergen is a stunning fantasy novel about a twelve-year-old boy named Thomas. When Thomas was really young, his father told him that magic was real right before he left him. Thomas lived his life as an...

In The Tukor's Journey by Jeannine Kellogg, young siblings Mitch, Tony, and Jovi are wakened by the startling reality that the world as they have always known it is about to be destroyed by strange creatures called Grezniks. In fact these creatures have existed for...

Thirteen-year-old Kate struggles to adjust after her parents split up and her father leaves. One day, she leaves school early and goes to the park across from her home. Here, she receives a strange gift from a crow with a single white feather. Kate pursues...

It seems strange to call a book about poor orphans and dark magic charming, but that is the first word I thought of when I read The Lost and Drowned by Stuart Fryd. The central characters of the novella are two sisters, Lydia and Sophie....

The Halloween Parade (Monstacademy) by Matt Beighton is an awesome book about a young girl named Trixie Grimble. When her school shuts down, Trixie is sent to Monroe's Academy for the different, known as Monstacademy, which is a school for monsters. Except Trixie Grimble is...

The Short Straw by Irene Mathias is a fun children’s illustrated story about a boy who, upon picking the shortest straw, is forced to go inside the local Haunted House, make it up to the right bedroom window and wave his flashlight to all who...