Scotland's Guardians by Katharina Gerlach is set against a Scottish background. Bryanna, who lives in Scotland, starts seeing strange creatures and monsters from Scottish folklore. She thinks she is hallucinating. Before she can find out about these creatures from her father, a woman kidnaps him....

Stick's Masterpiece by Spencer Hanson is about a cute girl, Stick, who tries to paint small things but ends up creating absolutely beautiful pictures. The underlying message is also a sort of motivation for children to try out new things. Apart from the colors and...

“Small Hangers” by Amy H. Fraher is something of an enigma; it is a children's book written for parents. Not unlike the 1986 classic “Love You Forever” by Robert Munsch, “Small Hangers” is destined to draw out a veritable flood of tears from the aching...

"Sammy is Special" starts when Sonja notices a family moving in the house next to hers. At first, they seem pretty normal: there is a mom and a dad, and their children. However, later on she sees one of them, a boy who looked different...

"Sabrina's Buttons" by Terri Kelleher is a fun story for young children. The use of bright and vivid colors throughout is sure to maintain the interest of the child, and one of the primary purposes of the story is to help children develop skills of...

This is Bear. He is flying through the air. As he flies, he remembers something his mother told him. It starts out like this: “If you ever stumble, trip and fall . . .” But he just couldn’t remember the rest. So Bear begins a...

"Sir Princess Petra" by Diane Mae Robinson is a fun fairy tale for K-3rd graders and I am sure they will love it. The heroine, Petra, is a feisty young lady who is constantly driving her poor father to check the official royal rulebook since...

What do a dog, a parrot and an opera have in common? When you read Scott Ferrell’s new children’s book “Sing! Sing!", you will find out! I had the joy of meeting Gaston the dog and his best friend Gregorie the bird in Jackie Ferrell's...

"Sassy Pants Makes Amends" is the second in a series of young readers’ books about a little piglet who lives with Farmer White and a lot of barnyard animals. The stories are told by Ms. Molly Merino, a lamb who is the resident barnyard instructor...