It is Thursday morning and Horse (who is, amazingly, a horse) is on a journey. He’s looking for water to make his tea, so he sets out in his boat on the river (which, of course, is full of water) to find some water for...

Patsy is a very friendly little poodle. But there are some bigger dogs who like to bully her at the pet shop. So, when Rebecca comes in to adopt a pet, Patsy gives it her best shot to be as adorable as possible so that...

Jim McNab was proud that Wilbur stayed with him all his life. They met five years ago and they have been together since then. Wilbur was happy that Jim took good care of him and his red paint looked as shiny as the first day...

Twelve-year-old Lizzie wasn’t too happy about having to move. She had the best life and best friends. But when her parents pulled up in front of the new house, far from her old home, Lizzie was enchanted. Not to mention that there was a mysterious,...

In the spirit of the Akan tradition of storytelling, author Abena DelAlma brings Ananse and Other Short Stories. This slim volume hopes to introduce today’s young generation to that age-old story of Ananse, a trickster assuming the form of a spider. This storybook incorporates five...

The Recycling Party is written by Anat Gonen and illustrated by Yaara Eshet. The two main characters, Benjy and Emma, go about repurposing items that they find around their own home and neighborhood that are about to be thrown away. The children just cannot accept...

Meet a little boy named Peo and his robot, Trinket, in the story Peo And Trinket: A Story to Wake Up Your Child's Heart by Cambraia Fonseca Fernandes. Peo lived underground with his parents and he had big round eyes and blond hair which almost...

Christmas was only days away and the year-and-a-half-old brindle Pit Bull, Pickle, was cozy in the dog bed that was too small for him. It was another lonely night in the Wahow County Humane Society in Skipidee, Florida. Though he had made some furry friends...

Mae is a happy little girl. There are a lot of things she loves to do, depending on the season. She loves building sandcastles on the beach in the summer and sledding in the winter. But perhaps her favorite thing to do is to look...

Grimworld by Avery Moray is a delightfully quirky tale set in a charming dark world filled with shadows and spooks and other strange things. It was just an ordinary day for Henry Bats when a Nightspook lures him into the cemetery and has him stand...