The Ice Cream Truck at Midnight, written and illustrated by Ken Priebe, is a collection of drawings, short stories, and a poem about a Disk Jockey called DJ. The poem is the most striking completed work in this collection. In exacting rhyming meter, the poem...

Who invented the earth, you might wonder? Well, the Great Inventor created it all, as well as the people and animals on earth. The Great Inventor wanted to see his creations both day and night. The only problem was, it was too dark at night....

Magic is all around us; all we have to do is believe. Emiko, a young Japanese girl, is visiting her grandparents. In their garden, she discovers all kinds of amazing, magical things and creatures. There’s even a fairy, who shares love and magic with the...

Love is a beautiful color, wouldn’t you agree? Imagine being a flower, born into a world full of beautiful colors, only you have no color yourself. What would you do? Trade with someone or something for some color. Well, one unusual flower found very creative...

The Lost Son and Me: A Bible Story for Children with Life Applications by Martha Yamnitz is the familiar parable of the Prodigal Son written for children. Yamnitz starts by explaining what a parable is and then proceeds to tell the story in her own...

Great things can happen while we sleep. Why? Because that’s when the infinite power of the imagination takes over and worlds and even universes can be created. For the Slumbering Pearl, deep beneath the sea, this is what happens. While she sleeps, the Slumbering Pearl...

The Rise of Septra'Kaal (Masterminds Incorporated) by Chad Lee Erway is another super helping of children's mystery and horror. This one has sixth-grader Jonah Mortimer hearing things--a bird talking to him--but it turns out to be a reality, not his imagination. The bird warns him...

The Palm-Sized Sky Written by Mr. Sun is a children’s book based on a Chinese fable. Jerry is introduced as a frog that lives alone in a well. He enjoys his life and his home until one day an unexpected visitor arrives. The visitor's name...

Twillaby Pond, written by Patricia L. H. Black and illustrated by Deborah Hayhurst, introduces the young reader to a whole world of fanciful creatures: striped pricklychore, quadot, merm, pret, wee-pock, myrtie, rissie, and more. The lilting rhymes take a wee-pock and a water-blue pret on...

This was an exciting day for Calla. Every year, her town has a musical showcase: garden plots in the community gardens that create music. Flowers are planted on a musical staff and, when complete, the flowers sing their own magical tunes. Calla has worked with...