The Gobblings by Matthue Roth is a fascinating book for young children. I was immediately drawn by the beautiful pictures in vibrant shades of blue and green. The story line is imaginative as well. Herbie is a space traveler with his parents. Since he is...

The Crystal Navigator: A Perilous Journey Through Time by Nancy Kunhardt Lodge is a children's fantasy book in the same tradition as The Wizard of Oz and Alice in Wonderland. Within the pages we find young Lucy Nightingale, a girl who can make things happen...

Sofia Margaret is a charming little girl with a secret friend, Meeda. The two girls are like twins, only Meeda is opposite to Sofia Margaret. You see, Meeda lives in Sofia Margaret's mirror. The two girls love to do the same things. They love to...

Having some type of super power may be every kid’s dream but when it seems to actually be happening, it is more than a little scary. That Truthful Place by Patty Lesser pits a group of special kids against a ruthless doctor who wants to...

The synopsis for A Hero’s Curse, by P.S. Broaddus, intrigued me. To find a fantasy story for young readers with a blind protagonist conjured up all sorts of thoughts and ideas and Broaddus did not fail to deliver. The story is written from the perspective...

Now and again, one of those stories for children (who are relatively new readers seeking a “chapter book”) comes along that is truly worthy of attention. Hapenny Magick by Jennifer Carson is just such a story. From the lovely cover art and internal pictures to...

In Professor Kompressor Out of This World by Nils Andersson, Professor Kompressor is bored. That's not a healthy way to be for someone as brilliant as the Professor. He's always studying ways to understand the universe and he's constantly inventing some new contraption, like the...

The Time Hunters is a fantasy by Carl Ashmore. Becky Mellor isn’t excited about spending the holidays with Uncle Percy, an eccentric inventor who lives at Bowen Hall estate. However, she soon reconsiders when she and Joe, her brother, see a saber tooth tiger, a...

Of Moonbeams and Fairies: Collected Tales by Rebecka Vigus is a nice little book for young children. It is a small book, more suited for reading out to little ones. The stories are interesting and sure to please the narrator as well as the listener...

The Willing Stone is the first book in The Adventures of Abby and Sofia series by Beth Winokur. It's a story that takes readers on a fantastic journey which grabbed this reader's imagination and kept me guessing as to what might happen next with Abby...