Children, are you ready to take a trip with me to discover Norway and learn more about the Norwegian culture and way of life? Let's get started with the help of If You Were Me and Lived in... Norway: A Child’s Introduction to Cultures Around...

I enjoyed learning more about Greece in the book If You Were Me and Lived in...Greece: A Child's Introduction to Cultures Around the World (Volume 11). Author Carole P. Roman has researched the country, organized the information into topics, written, and illustrated this children’s picture...

Did you know that in 1828, Paris (pronounced Pair-ee) was the first city in Europe to use gas lamps to light the streets and that’s how Paris got its nickname of “City of Light” or “La Ville-Lumiere.” That is just some of the interesting information...

If You Were Me and Lived In... Italy: A Child's Introduction to Cultures Around the World by Carole P. Roman is a fascinating book that will educate children about Italy, its culture, essence, sights, and sounds. Italy was the home of the Roman Empire during...

If You Were Me and Lived in...India is a wonderful introduction to the country. Author Carole P. Roman organized the pages and discusses food on one page, sports on another, and some common terms on another. I like how the pronunciations are in parenthesis after...

If You Were Me and Lived in... Cuba is a part of Carole P. Roman’s If You Were Me and Lived in... series for young readers. Do you know where Cuba is? In this book, Volume 22, children will become educated on various aspects of...

What strikes one most deeply while reading I Miss My Best Friend - a condensed tale of love, friendship, and loss – is Penelope Lagos’s decision, decisively well executed, of telling a most personal family story. This is not a generic rendition of “our family...

Inky and the King by Richard Wickliffe is a story with a nautical theme in which Inky the squid and the King of all Music become friends after Inky frees the latter from the belt he has been trapped in for years. He tells Inky...

Icicle Flies (And Learns An Important Lesson) by R.W. Thompson revolves around Icicle, a young Emperor Penguin. Icicle wakes up one day after Christmas 2016 and sees that huge snowdrifts have formed because of the snowstorm the previous night. She wants to go out and...

Did you ever think about running away when you were little? I remember it, vaguely, though I don't exactly remember why. I'm Running Away! by Lisa Beere is a charming illustrated tale of a boy who plans on doing just that. No one pays any...