When Summer Ray Whitcomb receives a diary from her mother for her birthday, she isn’t impressed. Writing isn’t her thing. But she decides to give it a shot. She quickly comes to enjoy putting her thoughts and emotions on paper, and her diary becomes the...

Harriet Tubman was born into slavery in Dorchester County, Maryland. She was named Araminta Ross and her nickname was Minty. She changed her name to Harriet to honor her mother. When she was five years old, she was hired out to another family to...

Halloween at Luke’s: Togetherness is Happiness by Priya Pasumarthy is a delightful treat without any of the tricks. It’s time for Halloween! Tom and Lyda Luke have much to do to get ready. Their first step is to decorate their house with spooky decorations. Skeletons...

Ham Hands the Christmas Elf is a holiday-themed picture book for children written by Whitney Beatty and illustrated by Becca Kaiser. Every so often, a child will find a Christmas gift with wrapping that’s not as perfect as they've come to expect. It does happen,...

Have You Ever Seen An Ostrich? written By Bo Harris and illustrated By Ruth Dumitru is an entertaining children’s story about an ostrich working in a library. Is the ostrich a good librarian? How would he do the things librarians need to do like check...

Herman the mouse has lots of stories to share with young readers. He is a smart mouse and Papa Mouse and Mama Mouse knew it from the start. They lived in a pile of hay in a barn where there were cows, chicken, and sheep....

JJ Rolston’s Henry’s Sunday Afternoon is a children’s picture book about a spider named Henry who must continue to contend with other animals getting entangled in his web. Set on a farm, the story is bright, colorful, and full of charm. The narrative is in...

Horse Show: A Donkey-Donk Story by Ellen F. Feld is the second book in the series with photography by John Cebula. It’s time once again for the Horse Show and this time one little donkey gets to participate. Donkey-Donk is a miniature donkey with big...

In How Sunny Sees It: A Journey to Reading Bravely, by Lesley D. Nurse, the author shows how the main character, Sunny, a young child, would rather play than study. Nurse shows how some children can be mean and taunt a fellow child, making the...

Huff…Puff…Grind! by Lois Wickstrom is an educational children’s picture book that is a modern-day twist on the long-told tale of The Three Little Pigs. In this version, the three pigs are not just any old run of the mill average-minded pigs. They are highly educated...