The Adventures of Mister Bubble: Mister Bubble and the Three Greedy Triplets, written by Luke Mathius Harlow and illustrated by Jasmine Todd, is a delightfully animated tale of the thoughtlessness of greed. In this story the village is full of happy children who share. They...

In Harold Archermouse and the White Hare by Sally-Ann Warner, Harold Archermouse is a very caring mouse. He has lots of friends, including the hares that live on top of the hill overlooking Whispering Wood, the very hares that watch carefully over the moon at...

Harold Archermouse is hungry. He's busy fishing in the stream for his dinner when a little girl crosses the bridge above him and stops to make a wish, dropping a coin and a honey cake into the water to secure her wish. The girl has...

What does it mean to be thoughtless? Do children understand the concept? So many children are loved too much to the point that they are spoiled. These children are not expected to help out around the house, or to do any chores. Everything is done...

Battle of the Beetle: The Journey Beyond is a children's fantasy novella written by Cheryl A. Matsen-Nieves. Raphael and his companions, Frogeye, Sister Seven and Haniel, are being attacked by a gigantic beetle. It set its sights on Haniel, flew high into the sky, and...

Wow, wow, and wow! Sleeping With the Blackbirds by Alex Pearl encompasses the charm of classics such as The Velveteen Rabbit and The Secret Garden. In a lively British voice, Pearl weaves a tale of social conflict when eleven-year-old Roy Nutterley finds himself at the...

The Serpent King's Sorrow by Anne Rowan is about a little girl growing into an adult, and becoming Queen. The girl's name is Eleanor, and she becomes Queen in the beginning of the story when her father dies. She vows to her father that she...

The Black and White Ball is a captivating animal fable for beginning readers. Owen Roberts has a splendid gift for creating likable anthropomorphic bird characters who echo the real personalities children see in the world around them. The Black and White Ball’s laid-back, simple style...

The Underground Princess (The Balderdash Saga, Book 1 of Lower Grade Adventure) by J.W. Zulauf is a story about Princess Scarlet who lives in the underground kingdom, Balderdash, under Ashcroft village’s graveyard. Scarlet dreams of falling in love and living happily ever after, but her...

Adventures of Faerie Folk, Volume 1 is a cute children’s storybook by Paula J. Roscoe. In Annabelle and the Strawberry Faerie, rainy weather damages the crops that Annabelle and her mother planted, and they don’t have money to buy food. Annabelle finds strawberries in the...