The Pirate Princess and the Golden Locket by Suzanne Lowe is a marvelous adventure story for children of all ages. It begins with Charlotte, or Lottie for short, in an orphanage. It's the only place where she has lived since her mother died when...

So it turns out that there’s not just one tooth fairy, there are lots of them! Everything is explained in The Tooth Collector Fairies: Home from Decay Valley by Denise Ditto Satterfield. The fairies attend school at Oral Academy under Crown Mistress Molar in Brushalot,...

The Little Encouragers - Ellie: New Town, New Mom, written by mother and daughter authors Mariah and Tallula Sebastien, talks about Ellie and her magical friends. After her parents’ divorce, Ellie and her mom moved to a new town. She also had to go to...

What Do Monsters Get for Christmas? by Blake L. Marsee is a picture book that begs the title question — what do monsters get for Christmas? Each page has a different monster and poses that very question. And each time the author tells us what...

Aphrodite Finds Her Inner Beauty is the fifth book in the Taki & Toula Time Travelers book series, written by Elena Paige and illustrated by Josef Hill. On finding a pair of time travelling shoes (tsarouhia) once owned by their grandfather, Taki and Toula have...

Joe Dreamer and His Easter Bunny is a holiday-themed picture book for children written by Karlene Stewart and illustrated by Telmo Sampaio. Joe Dreamer loved springtime. For one thing, his birthday was celebrated during that season, but even more exciting for Joe was the Easter...

Daisy, Bold & Beautiful is a contemporary fiction/coming of age novel for preteens and young adults written by Ellie Collins. D.J. and her dad had just moved to a new house in a new neighborhood, and she wasn’t looking forward to her first day at...

Bianca: The Brave Frail and Delicate Princess by Meg Welch Dendler is a fascinating adventure story with fantastical characters. Princess Bianca has not seen the outside world. She lives a royal life within the Kingdom of Pacifico and has not gone outside the castle. Princess...

Mermaids on a Mission to Save the Oceans is an environmental story book for children, grades K-3, written by Janet Balletta and illustrated by Alyssa Figueroa and Alexander C. Appello. Balletta is a second-grade teacher and the author of books about the environment for children....

Be careful what you wish for. How many times have we been told that over the years? It’s a valuable lesson for all of us to learn, young and old. Young Robbie is about to learn this lesson, not from his parents, but from a...