In Ava’s First Day of Kindergarten by Kristen M. Weber, children are taken along with Ava on her first day of kindergarten. Ava knows that she has to begin her day by eating a healthy breakfast as it is important for children to learn and...

Rainbow’s Promise: How It All Started by Mary Clark Dalton is the story of a cute caterpillar who is teased by his classmates because he is the last one in the class who is yet to receive his wings. Rainbow spent a lot of time...

Talking Tales: Puppy’s Bubble by Erica Graham is a charming storybook for children as it targets some of the earliest developmental sounds of the English language. Puppy wakes from his nap and sees a bubble. He gets up and notices the bubble is gone. Puppy...

Aunt Melissa's Honeybee Farm by Scot Barnett is an educational picture book about bee keeping. The book follows a young girl, named Louise, as she goes to visit her Aunt Melissa. Aunt Melissa runs a honeybee farm, and she teaches Louise how being a bee...

Pax is a yellow Lab; Jasmine is a Montserratian cat who really thinks she’s a princess; Gertie is a Montserrat agouti who speaks Montserrat Creole dialect. And, of course, there’s Mom and Dad. They’re the human members of the family, the ones who walk on...

Science Stumpers: Brain-Busting Scenarios…Solved with Science! by Keegan Burmark and Kevin J. Brougher is a brilliant concept for making science interesting. The target age is probably teens, but this book would be appreciated by younger readers who prefer non-fiction. With simple text and drawings on...

Readers are taken into the African jungle where the Congo River flows in The Blue Crocodile by Sarah Case Mamika. Here they meet a rare crocodile who is blue in color instead of green. Everyone is afraid of the Blue Crocodile and he has no...

Jake is Different, written by Rosita Bird, follows a young boy named Jake. Jake has autism and he is starting school for the first time. Going to school is a different experience for Jake, and he doesn't like the noise the children make. Jake doesn't...

Long Ago One December by Alicia M. McLain and Charles G. Menk III is set against the backdrop of December, the Christmas season, and the myth that surrounds Santa Claus. Nathan loves Christmas and, like everybody else, he looks forward to receiving Christmas presents from...

My Secrets by Oleg Borysiuk teaches young readers about many different animals. It is listed in alphabetical order, and gives facts about every animal. Did you know that flamingos are actually born white, not pink? Or did you know that bears have 42 teeth? Or...