Yetunde: The Life and Times of a Yoruba girl in London by Segilola Salami is a West African folktale that highlights the love shared between a mother and daughter. Yetunde does not speak English very well - she is more familiar with Yoruba - and...

Yetunde: An Ode to My Mother by Segilola Salami is a beautiful tribute to all mothers told from the viewpoint of a young girl, and it highlights the mother/daughter bond beautifully. Yetunde can speak both Yoruba and English. Today her mother is looking very sad...

The Elf’s Secret is a children’s book written by Rosita Bird and illustrated by Sarah Waterfield. Robin was the newest elf in the village of Tralado. He was very shy and miserable around all of the elves and goblins in the village and they could...

The Sweet Dream Fairy is a children’s book written by Caren Cantrell and illustrated by Pratip Bhattacharjee. Violet is a Sweet Dream Fairy who sprinkles fairy dust on children as they sleep, keeping all of the bad dreams at bay. After hearing a child’s distress...

The Shadow of the Trojan Horse: Shadows From the Past, Book Three is a time-travel adventure fantasy for children and preteens written by Wendy Leighton-Porter. Both Jemima Lancelot and her twin brother, Joe, thought they heard their mother wishing them a happy birthday as they...

The Mirror of Doom is the first book in The Out-of-this-World Adventures of Tim Hunter series, written by Bailey Baxter and illustrated by LaSablonniére. When twelve-year-old Tim Hunter steals his sister Kat’s diary, he gets a lot more than he’d bargained for. His older siblings,...

Santa’s Rescue Dog: Super Speed Sam, Book 5 is from the children-animal series by Monty McClaine. In this story, Sam the basset hound learns how he received his super speed powers from his ancestors. Santa Claus ignores Mrs. Claus’ warning so his sneeze lands him...

Wisdom's Way: Tales, Treasures, Truths by Steven A. Barben, as the title suggests, is essentially a collection of short stories. Wisdom's Way is comprised of numerous tales, each of them on average just a few pages long, and which are meant to provoke the reader...

You're a Bullied CrocaGator by Kenny Rager revolves around the theme of bullying and addresses the issues of complex childhood and family issues. Twins CrocaSonny and GatorSissy are starting school and they are excited. Having a crocodile as a father and an alligator as a...

Mike Klaassen’s retelling of Hansel and Gretel was a pleasure to read. He has brought the classic story back to life, modernising it slightly with the language so that it can be read, understood, and engaged with by children young and old. The story of...