Can You Find My Shoe? is a bright and colorful adventure book for young readers, penned by author Patty Lennox and illustrated by artist Harry Aveira. Designed for readers aged 3 to 7 years to read along with their parents, the vivid setting for the...

Raccoons Don’t Use Spoons, written by Sharon Hanzik and illustrated by Bobbi Switzer, is both an introduction to raccoons and an introduction to respecting wildlife. The illustrations and the text show how clever raccoons can be. The book also shows why you shouldn’t feed them...

Carol was ready to go to school. She woke up, washed her face, brushed her teeth, took her backpack, and went down into the kitchen to have breakfast. She wished her mother good morning, sat in front of her plate, and bowed her head and...

Johnny and Jeffrey are brothers and, like all siblings, they fought over a toy. Jeffrey became angry and turned into a growling monster, with hands changing into claws, and growing almost as tall as the ceiling. When his mother sent him to his room, Jeffrey...

Loneliness and grief are difficult to bear – especially alone. Gloria and her daddy are sad. They feel grief, a painful sadness at the loss of Gloria’s Mommy. A maple tree in the back corner of a garden nursery feels loneliness, its imperfectly shaped leaves...

Meet Leia, a fun girl who lives in the clouds and her friend, Theo, in the story Leia and Theo Play Hide and Seek by Daniel Egger. Leia liked to play hide and seek in the many white and grey clouds and her friend Theo...

Jay and Tina are preparing for the autumn Hindu festival of Diwali, also known as the Festival of Light. They have created 101 clay diyas, small cup-shaped oil lamps, to light up their house during the festivities. The total of 101 is an important number;...

The Unruly Orchestra by Daphna Lustiger with illustrations by Sverdlov Yelena is a sweet tale of musical instruments trying to play music together when their conductor doesn’t show up. The illustrations show both the looks and personalities of these dedicated instruments. Bassoon, trumpet, clarinet, French...

Napoleon’s Secrets to Getting What You Want is a wonderful book with a theme of helping children succeed at something they really want. Author I. St. Auburn Rowe has created a rhyming story worth reciting over and over again. Who can ignore the advice of...

No Room for Numbers: The 123s ask the ABCs to Share Their Song by Kaine and Duds is totally silly. In the spirit of Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus, the numbers try to finagle their way into the alphabet song that every child...