A sixth-grade girl confronts some of her biggest fears in the exciting middle-grade novel, Sophie Washington: Class Retreat by Tonya Duncan Ellis. Three days before going on a camping trip with her classmates, Sophie Washington watched the television show Finding Bigfoot with her eight-year-old brother...

Katy, her sisters Lacey and Charlotte, and friend Sharron love to ice skate. When their mother takes them to Griffin Pond to skate, the girls encounter five older boys who are up to no good. One of the boys grabs Katy inappropriately. The girls escape...

Spooky Magic is a work of children’s fiction in the paranormal/supernatural hi-jinks subgenre and was penned by author Elena Paige. Forming the second chapter book in the Evie Everyday Witch series, the work is intended for middle-grade readers from around seven to twelve years old....

In Sophie Washington: My BFF by Tonya Duncan Ellis, Sophie and Chloe have been best friends since they started school and Sophie always imagined that would never change. Although they are very different and have different interests, Sophie is happy just to be friends with...

When we go for a stroll, we amble slowly enough to collect all the bits of trees, leaves, air breezes and more. We take our time. This delightful collection of poetry by Stuart T Stolp, titled Stroll, encourages us to do the same: stroll through...

Have you ever been partnered with someone you didn't like? That's the problem main character Sophie faces in the book Sophie Washington: Mismatch by Tonya Duncan Ellis. Sophie decided to try out for her school’s tennis team and was happy when she made the team,...

Secret Magic: Evie Everyday Witch Book 1 is a charming chapter book written by Elena Paige for younger middle-grade readers. Evie Everyday is a young witch who just wants to be a lamron – that’s the word “normal” spelled backward. She enrolls in a new...

Friends are important. Sahbaar and Nero know this all too well. They have been best friends since they were young cubs. Sahbaar is a tiger; Nero is a lion. It doesn’t matter that they are different animals in the jungle. They have other friends, too;...

Sophie and her friends are interested in the upcoming coding competition to create the best computer app. Sophie’s friends include both girls and boys. When she offers to join the boys' group to enter the competition, the boys turn down her offer. In fact, Nathan...

A group of children is sent to Assateague Island and must complete a mission before being carried back home in the children's chapter book, Surviving Horse Island by Karl Steam. Josh, Tyler, Melisa, and Katie have been transported to a lonely island on another nature...