“Why can’t we just be like everyone else?” lamented Shaina. Thirteen-year-old eighth-grader Shaina has three brothers, and two of them, Darren and Terry, have autism. While Darren prefers to be alone and does not like to talk to people, Terry plays drums on pots and...

Guion the Lion was excited and he wanted to share it with Rae the Bushbaby. He swept his arms wide to make Rae experience the epic occasion of the Kingdom preparing to fight the mighty dragon. Rae could only see an ugly dirt mound and...

Monty’s skin is a mocha color. He’s very proud of how he looks and all he can do. He has a great singing voice and he loves dancing to the beat. He’s just a really fun-loving, happy little boy, like any other boy. Differences are...

Dave lived among the trees and he liked searching for ants, worms, and bees. He wished to find a minibeast but he knew it would be difficult because they were small. He went on searching for them and came across a ladybug, ants, butterfly, spider,...

If your mother told you that you were a goat, would you believe her? Even if she’d been telling you the same thing since the time you were born? Well, MerryLyn’s a chicken and her mother has told her since she hatched that she was...

Walk With Hanna: Baby Steps by Arina Az is the story of little Hanna as she learns that things might not be replaced, but there is always a place for some other special thing in our hearts. Baby Hanna was born a month early, but...

The rain outside had stopped and Trudy Matoody was happy knowing she could go outside and walk down to the pond. She hoped she would find a friend who loved to sing, just like her. She went to the front door and started singing. Her...

Punny Jokes to Tell Your Peeps by Lisa Ayotte is a collection of clean jokes illustrated with cute photographs picturing the puns. Lisa didn’t just write down the jokes; she built miniature sets for each one, and put colorful peeps into each set. I’m not...

Teena and Deena: Hide and Seek is a children’s animal picture book written by CC Strachan and illustrated by Christina Rudenko. Teena wants to teach her little sister, Deena, how to be a whiz at playing hide and seek. She doesn’t think Deena has any...

In Baxter Meets His Monster, we meet Baxter, a fun-loving puppy who is loyal and sweet. While he is on his porch one rainy night some strange, big, wet creature breaks the fence. He wonders what it is and if it is coming near. He...