Sam’s sea otter family has a very special treasure. It’s a stone. Not just any stone, but one that is perfectly smooth and curved in just the right spots. It’s been handed down for generations because it’s the ideal stone to serve clams, mussels and...

There are so many things that make a person beautiful and these things have nothing to do with physical appearance. For example, people are beautiful when they are kind and caring, when they laugh, when they are learning, when they share, when they allow their...

Cottontail Elementary School always closes out the year with the Gopher Games, an event-filled week with races, relays, and revelry. Nerdi and the twins, Artsy and Sporty, looked forward to these games because it gave them another opportunity to add a trophy to the walls...

Mama Kangaroo Nursery Rhymes for Modern Times, by Cassandra Lennox, is a 44-page-long children’s picture book that mimics the nursery rhymes I grew up with but are set more for today's youngsters. The rhymes are positive, bright, and often funny. The pictures are colorful with...

What if you could change into a fly on the wall and experience something about your family’s past? In this case, the main character, a nine-year-old girl whose name is Grizelda Day, who lives in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, always wondered how she got her...

Saturday Safari by Caren Cantrell is a short children’s illustrated adventure story. We follow Elliot, a young boy, through his adventures as he explores outside his home, using his imagination to enhance his story. Ordinary objects turn into a safari ride quest filled with danger,...

Edie Goes The Wrong Way by Susan R. Stoltz is a delightful children’s picture book. Edie the stingray loves swimming about with the other stingrays but she prefers to go in the opposite direction. She daydreams about exploring the big wide world of the ocean,...

Cami loved sweets. Cami was busy thinking about treats sitting in her room while her mother was putting Baby Wyatt down for a nap. Cami opened the fridge and scooped out a little of the ice cream but her mother found out. The very next...

Meet Dash, a fun-loving pup who loves to dress up, wear new costumes every day, and go out to play in the storybook Dash's Week by Nicole MacDonald. Dash loves to dream and he is imaginative. The story takes young readers on a journey with...

Sally was excited. Mother had promised Sally and her brother Sammy that she would show them where she found the nuts she had brought them. It was a bright sunny day when they stepped out and their mother told them why it was important to...