Finding Family in a Far-Away Land: An Adoption Story is a children’s book written and illustrated by Amanda Wall. Spending their childhood on the streets of India, two sisters (Priya and Ari) are adopted by a family that lives far away in a different land....

Limerick Comics, written by Robert Hoyman and illustrated by Steve Feldman, is a collection of original limericks about wild and varied topics such as the color of octopus blood, what Jesters do for a living, the function of all four tentacles on a slug, and...

Unconditionally Conditional: How They Love Me. How They Love Each Other. How They Love Others by Michael Brown is a book that presents a great deal of important and serious questions about love that children might be asking, even if only within themselves. The book...

Have you heard of Caroline Herschel? Or, for that matter, what about Maryam Mirzakhani, or Maria Ylagan-Orosa? If you haven’t heard of these outstanding women, you’re not alone. However, perhaps you (and I and all other females) should take a closer look at what these...

Manage My Emotions for Kids by Kenneth Martz and Meredith Martz is a children's non-fiction book designed to assist children and their guardians to find balance as they navigate through the highs and lows of everyday life. Using visually recognizable emojis as a means of...

What did the bus driver say to the frogs? "Hop in!" Lisa Ayotte’s book, Punny Jokes to Tell Your Peeps! (Book 3), is full of “punny” jokes like that one. Each page has one joke and a full-color photo accompanying it. The photos are cleverly...

There are shapes all around us. Everything has a shape. Even sea creatures have shapes: like the octopus with its rectangular eyes that help them escape danger. There are even boxfish that are, you guessed it, shaped like a box, the whale with its triangular-shaped...

Working in the kitchen can be so much fun, especially for children. It’s a great way to bond, adult and child, but also a great way to teach the basics of cooking and baking as well as the importance of eating well. But, eating healthily...

You’re Pulling My Leg! Junior by Allen Wolf is an excellent game for families to play together, weaving creativity, storytelling, communication, and bluffing skills. The game is simple; a player picks a card and selects one of the three topics. They then flip a coin...

Joseph J. Ridgway’s Ava’s Dream is a story about Ava’s journey in learning about the three branches of the government during her summer vacation. A new park had opened up in their town and Ava was more than excited to step through its large silver...