We’re all different. We have different ways to laugh, to smile, to cry, to speak, but that’s part of what makes us all so uniquely special. Jake is a fun-loving dog, caramel-colored with “a chocolate stripe down his face” (I love that description). He loves...

Red is a red fishing stage, a wooden building on an elevated platform commonly found off the shores of Newfoundland, Canada. A stage is associated with the fishing industry and is used to land and process fresh fish, preparing it for salting and drying. Fishing...

Oh no! Jack is sick with the measles and home from school. Of course, the best part of missing school is staying at home, watching TV, and playing games but his mom won't let him. He could read but books are just boring. So, he's...

In John Birks “Dizzy” Gillespie: A Man, a Trumpet, and a Journey to Bebop by Susan Engle and Luthando Mazibuko, we are introduced to one of history’s famous black musicians, John Birks “Dizzy” Gillespie, the creator of bebop. We learn that he had a passion...

Johnny Appleseed and the Apple Life Cycle is written by Rich Linville. Follow John Chapman through his adventurous life as he travels from place to place with his apple seeds. Even though he plants the seeds to grow apple trees, Chapman has another more fundamental...

In Joseph's Boy by L R Hay, six-year-old Jamie lives in Nazareth with his father Joseph and has dreams of one day being a prince; well, he is a descendant of King David, after all. While attending a festival with his father, he meets...

Sarsaparilla wants to go to the moon and he asks Juxtapose if he can jump to the moon because Juxtapose is a good jumper. Juxtapose tells his friend that the moon is four hundred thousand kilometers away but Sarsaparilla thinks they can do it if...

Jack’s Backyard is a children’s fantasy picture book written by Scott P. Smith and illustrated by Jennifer Smith and Dipali Dutta. With the summer holiday fast coming to an end, Jack sits in his back yard and wonders what he should tell his class at...

Jocelyn loved socks of all types; tall socks, short socks, bumpy socks, smooth socks, dark socks, and light socks. She disliked the boring, dull, and plain white socks. She loved wearing socks and wore them even in summer with her flip-flops on. She even wore...

It was a perfect day, the sun was shining, the birds were singing, and the warm weather was wonderful. Everything was going perfectly for Judge Birdie and her seven-year-old grandson Milo as they were making their way downriver in a canoe. It was the end...