Watery Wonders: Chip Colquhoun & Korky Paul's Fables & Fairy Tales comprises two tales by Chip Colquhoun. The first retells a Japanese folktale. In Urashima Taro and the Underwater Kingdom, Urashima Taro demonstrates his kindness when he rescues a turtle from being tormented by a...

Witches Garden Chaos is a children's fantasy tale by Laurel Lorenzini. Mags, a witch doctor, has a lot on her plate. Apart from seeing customers with various problems, she has to manage a garden alongside a home with pets and a young granddaughter named Bo....

Who is Driving Your Bus? by Shannon Sonnenberg is a fantastic story for young readers. Niko plays with his toy bus and pretends to be the bus attendant. The bus driver represents his inner emotions. The bus and who is driving it are analogous to how...

Living in a too-small trailer with three older sisters was tough for young Rose. Since their mother’s waitressing job kept her busy all day, the sisters had to maintain the household themselves, which led to inevitable skirmishes. Drew, on the other hand, had a different...

Whispers: Extraordinary, Book 1 by Feather Chelle focuses on the diversity, inclusivity, and challenges that one experiences in life. This book is influenced by the life of the author who, like the character, Amber Cheyenne Douglass, grew up blind due to a cancer called retinoblastoma....

When a children’s book teaches you a few things, you know it is a rather special educational book. Where Do Ocean Creatures Sleep At Night? by Steven J. Simmons and Clifford R. Simmons delves deeper into the facts about ocean creatures' sleeping habits, from the...

Rose and Linney had been together for as long as they could remember. Linney lived next door to her, exactly one hundred and one steps from her bedroom door. Rose O'Reilly could not imagine life without her best friend, someone she always expected to be...

Walter and the Giant Vegetables by Barbara Hyslop is a short story about Walter, a farmer's dog. Walter is afraid of something, but it is not a mythical creature that nightmares are made of. Instead, he is afraid of giant vegetables. Walter dreams of vegetables...

In Which Bird Are You? by Merrick Rosenberg, the Grade 5 class of Galen Elementary was on its way to Camp Discovery. It was an annual event and something all the juniors looked forward to. It was a time to learn away from the classroom,...

When Mommy Feels Sad by Heidi Bartle is about a mother's journey through depression. Bartle explains the emotions that someone with depression experiences, including frustration, disappointment, shame, guilt, embarrassment, anger, and hopelessness. The beautiful illustrations give a visual representation of those emotions, helping the reader...