Hildy lived with her parents and sister, Francesca, in the country. Hildy's Mama had a little sister whom they had nicknamed Tati. She lived in the city with her husband Bennett and their baby Ollie. Hildy called her Uncle Bennet Be Bop. It was her...

In Making Emmie Smile by Ellen Weisberg and Ken Yoffe, the book begins by explaining that when Emmie was little, she would not smile. Relatives would gather pretty flowers and make silly faces at her, but nothing worked. Yet, again, as she grew older, she...

Mother wit, words of wisdom and old sayings are the various ways of passing on lessons learned from one generation to the next. In Mama Said by Shonelle Boucher, the young reader will be taken on a journey through a series of stories that will...

Mario’s Hidden Pictures is written by Jennie G. Wittenbach and illustrated by Danielle Mathews. Mario is having problems with focusing during his classes at school. Mrs. Langston catches him daydreaming and staring out the window. Mario wants to tell her what he’s seeing but is...

My Ice Age Struggles: What was it like to live during the Ice Age? by Rich Linville takes young readers back to the Ice Age and gives them glimpses of how life was during that period. The earth was colder and part of it was...

Mr. Cat Meets Kitten! by Hannah Teakle is an adorable children’s story about a cat that is used to being the only fur baby his human needs. When Mr. Cat’s human brings home a kitten, he discovers that he has a bit of a problem...

Ella and Louis are enjoying their time at Grandma and Grandpa's house. Louis wants to have strawberries and Ella tells him that there are not so many strawberries in the Gambia but there are other delicious fruits. Ella's favorite is juicy mangoes and their mother...

Mimi’s Strategy by Linda Goudsmit begins by telling young readers about a little girl named Hildy, her parents and little sister Francesca. Francesca looked up to Hildy and wanted to be just like her, even liking the same toys as Hildy. Hildy liked to play,...

Bullying has become a serious topic and some might say it has become an epidemic in schools and homes over the past 20 or so years, especially with the creation of the internet and its many ways to communicate via websites. Bullying was once perceived...

Meet Hildy who lived with her mama and papa and her little sister, Francesca. Hildy loved her parents and sister and they loved her too. Purple was Hildy's favorite color and she loved everything purple. Though Hildy was a happy little girl, sometimes she had...