"The Metamorphosis of Kaden Parsons" is the story of one boy. Kaden fears to go to school because of what he has to face while there. He practices the lines he wants to say to his dad on the mirror plenty of times. He hopes...

"The Worry Glasses: overcoming anxiety," written by Donalisa Helsley and illustrated by Kalpart, is an excellent way to discuss worries and anxiety and how children can cope with this. MJ worries a lot and her worries interfere with her everyday life. There are also special...

Olly Oogleberry made his first appearance in 1981 through the dawdlings of a restless seventh grader, Lou Hughes. Now after thirty years, Olly has resurfaced in the new children’s book “The Fabulous Adventures of Olly Oogleberry.” Olly is going on an adventurous mission to save...

"Lemon Dot Town is happy to be surrounded by love by the Lemon Dot Tree." And the town loves it back. The mutual love and respect is taught here using simple terms geared towards young children. Lemon Dot Town lives by the action of treating...

Curious Mary and Esme the Bunny by Dr. Julia E. Antoine is the third book in the very entertaining Too Clever book series. This story revolves around a young girl called Mary whom readers will have met in Too Clever book 1. Mary is a...

Too Clever II: A Tropical Christmas Story by Dr. Julia E. Antoine is a very unusual kind of Christmas story, and one that will fascinate young readers who are used to a traditional holiday celebration. This is a very sweet and enjoyable story about a...

Too Clever by Dr. Julia E. Antoine is a collection of short stories designed to appeal to young readers. These stories feature inquisitive, bright kids with inquiring minds, who have their own ideas, sometimes getting fixated on a plan, and most often coming up with...

Connie Mansfield Carter has created a wonderful Christmas poem based on the old traditional “The Night Before Christmas." In “The Night Before Christmas in Bethlehem,” Ms. Carter starts the story off as this: Twas the night before Christmas in Bethlehem town. All of the townsfolk were settling...

'The Colors of Myself' by Dr. Karen Hutchins Pirnot is written in poetry prose form of illustrations of a four-year-old child in which his illustrations are painted to represent the thoughts in his mind. The words relate to the child's feelings during the time he...

Elisabeth did not use good manners. She never said "please" or "thank you" and she did not like to share. She and her mother planned a birthday party. They made invitations and sent them to all her friends. Each day Elisabeth checked the mail to...