Meet Jerry the squirrel and the inventor in Jerry the Squirrel by Shawn Robinson. Though he designed and built just about anything, many times his inventions did not work the way he wanted them to. Jerry’s bedroom had a bed, a work desk where he...

Joyce Major entertains us in The Orangutan Rescue Gang when Jaylynn has a connection with an orphaned orangutan because she also feels abandoned and lonely without her mother. Her father doesn’t understand the important need she has to rescue this wild animal and reunite it...

Mr. Gringle's Magical Wheelchair by Natalie Gonchar is a wonderful storybook for children. Lisa is in a wheelchair and the one thing she loves the most is going out to play with her friends. But there are two bullies in the neighborhood and when one...

The Shop on Peculiar Hill by Grimly Darkwood is Book One of The Vale of Strange. Peter’s parents died in a weird accident and he goes to live with his aunt and uncle. They run a shop on Peculiar Hill, near the Vale of Strange....

The Magic of Friendship Snow by Andi Cann is about friendship – one of the best things in life! Jojo was a lonely child. She had no friends and every time she looked around she felt sad. Mama Duck had her ducklings, White Kitty had...

Chicken Little Investigates is written by Lois Wickstrom and illustrated by Francie Myon. It is a retelling of the classic fable of a little chicken who thought that the sky was going to fall on his head, so he created a panic among the...

Stephen Stanley's Puzzle Body, by Stephen Stanley, is a fun and informative read, full of exciting situations and interesting facts. The book takes the reader on an incredible journey inside the human body, covering the important parts while telling a story of monsters that can...

Meet Stu the ostrich whose life changes when a shiny spaceship shows up. None of the other ostriches has ever seen anything like it. Two aliens come out of the spaceship and poke them with sticks. Anna goes to check them out and the aliens...

What’s a nine-year-old boy to do when he finds a mysterious glow in the place of a missing book in the school library? Share his discovery with his best friend and cousin, of course! Fiasco at the Fair by Pamela Traynor is an engaging mystery...

Danger in Dublin: JJ Bennett: Junior Spy is an action thriller for children and preteens written by Alba Arango. JJ was excited at the prospect of traveling to Dublin, Ireland with his dad, who was officially a computer tech working with the CIA. JJ had...