In Ella's Letter to Santa by Ashley Hohmann, young Ella is the only girl in a family of four brothers, and her greatest wish is to have a baby sister. She eagerly wishes on a wishing star each night, imagining a sister to share secrets...

“We are all different, beautiful, imperfectly perfect, and equally valuable just the way we are.” That sounds like quite a mouthful, but oh, so true. Ágnes Horváth’s Emma and Bob is a story about two children who learn some pretty intense lessons while visiting their...

Dancing is wonderful. Dancing can make you travel across worlds, dimensions, memories, and dreams, and can make your soul sing with happiness and delight. Ellie, now an older woman, lost her life partner, her husband Hugo. After he passed, Ellie was trying to come to...

Emma's Curious Quest by Rob Stark is a captivating and imaginative tale that combines elements of fantasy, adventure, and mystery. The story follows the journey of Emma, a young girl brimming with curiosity and vivid imagination, who stumbles upon a mysterious book that leads her...

Eli’s Story: What Makes Me, ME! by Tracey Lear is based on a poem written by the author for her son. The story takes shape as a boy, Eli, decides to present his feelings about his autism to his classmates. At the beginning of the...

One of the most challenging things for parents who have babies turning into toddlers is to get them to poop in a potty. Mel-Tal's parents were no exception. They gave Mel-Tal a potty on her 3rd birthday and told her what it was to be...

Eva the Diva by Adam T. Newman starts us off with Eva, a glamorous little girl full of charm and possibly a tiny bit too much confidence. She loves Paris and stars, has a lovely room with a chandelier and shelves full of trophies, and...

Take a step back in time to the late 1960s. Life for young people in this era was simple, unassuming, and very different than it is for young people today. Without all the techno-gadgets of the twenty-first century, and without even a TV for many...

It’s very hard when someone you love is sick and needs to be treated at the hospital. When Emily’s mom tells her that she is very sick and needs to visit lots of doctors and perhaps even be treated for her illness at the hospital,...

An unusual name, stained and hand-me-down clothes, and a penchant for flowers and insects are what make Myrtle Hitchabocker different from other students of Parkside Intermediate. She fails to fit in, as the school bullies frequently remind her, subjecting her to cruel pranks to boot....