Sophie Washington: Mission Costa Rica by Tonya Duncan Ellis is the sixth book in the middle grade series and is about the Washington family’s mission trip to Costa Rica. In this story, Sophie, her family, and her two friends - Chloe and Valentina - have...

A, B, C, Disgusting by Catherine Dawgert is a children's book with a hilarious new twist in a parent's effort to teach kids the alphabet, with animals doing all manner of yucky things...some real, some imagined, and all seriously entertaining. Starting with the letter A...

Aphrodite Finds Her Inner Beauty is the fifth book in the Taki & Toula Time Travelers book series, written by Elena Paige and illustrated by Josef Hill. On finding a pair of time travelling shoes (tsarouhia) once owned by their grandfather, Taki and Toula have...

Everyone has a dream. Some people dream of being a good parent while others would like to become a Supreme Court Justice like Sonia Sotomayor. This Latina from Bronx, New York not only fulfilled her dream of becoming a Justice, she exceeded it by becoming...

The Little Angels: Feel the Goodness by Aisha Khan introduces young readers to two sisters, Coco and Loco, who live in a small town called Lotus. They are the only children of a peasant farmer who is one of the poorest men in Lotus. The...

Indi-Alphabet: Come! Travel India with Us by Shobha Tharoor Srinivasan takes young readers on a magical ride through the many cities and places of India, thereby helping children understand the culture and essence of this fascinating country. The journey not only introduces readers to various...

Colors/Colores by Sarah Dawgert utilizes bright photos from nature to teach English and Spanish words. One word of each language is included on each page, making it easy to understand and connect the two languages. Colors included in both languages are: blue, orange, yellow, red,...

Mr. Hoopeyloops and His Amazing Glass by Andi Cann is the story of Mr. Hoopeyloops, a special man who lives in an old, odd house with an old, odd barn. The town he lives is an ordinary town where all the buildings have the same...

The story begins with Little Brother’s birthday approaching in The Holiday Boys Make A New Friend by Onicka J. Daniel. Little Brother is having trouble with his classmates and he does not understand why some of his classmates are playing practical jokes on him. He...

Armored Armadillo to Zippy Zebra: An Alliterative Anthology of Animals, written by Carol Baker and illustrated by Izzy Bean, is a delightful book with whimsical pictures for each letter of the alphabet. The alliteration of phrases like “an armored armadillo ambling across abundant active anthills”...