Red Apple in an Orange World by Courtney Beshear Cooke is a cute children’s story with a wonderful message. A red apple is pulled from its tree by the wind and lands in the middle of an orange tree. The apple quickly realizes how very...

In A Proper Grown-Up by Sejal Sharma, we are introduced to Joy, a little girl who is convinced that she’s a grown-up. She does everything an adult does from going to work, doing her taxes and drinking coffee before a long day. It’s hard but,...

Andrew was confused. How would he get therapy on the computer? He had gotten dressed, put his shoes on, grabbed his bag, and even eaten his snack when he was asked to turn on his computer and sit down. He was told there was a...

A happy tiger lived on the island of Sumatra where there were large green forests to roam and it was home to many tigers. But people came there and cut down the trees, broke the law, and burned the forests of the land. The destruction...

Here Comes Ingo by Odeta Xheka is a picture book for children about a beautiful scarlet macaw named Ingo, who is sitting on her eggs, dreaming of a more adventurous life. We live out the daydreams of Ingo as she flies around in a happy...

Meet Pling, an exclamation mark in the storybook Pling's Party by Arielle Haughee. Pling makes things exciting for readers but the rule he must follow is that he can only be in a story twice. Let us read the story and start working with Pling....

Everyone is different and that’s a good thing as children learn in Melanie Hawkins's book I’m Basically A Unicorn. In the pages, we see children who are unique and special. Whether it’s a little girl with curly red hair or a little boy born with...

It happened one particular Tuesday in June after all the people had left and the zoo gates had clanged shut. The tiger announced the arrival of the great swap shop. All the creatures had heard of the swap shop and they were glad that it...

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...

Meet Tun Tun, the baby elephant, and Jumbo, his strong and brave father, and Ayo, his wise and beautiful mother. Tun Tun is a forest elephant calf and he visits the lake every day with his family for mud baths, fresh water, and playing. They...