The illustrations in Cuddled and Carried by Dia L. Michels make you want to cuddle and carry the book itself. Simple sentences will promote a child self-reading from the art work, even if they don’t know the words. Pandas, koalas, cougars, and many more animals...

Author Carol McCloud in Buckets, Dippers, and Lids: Secrets to Your Happiness explains how each individual has three secrets to their happiness. She stresses that it is involved with a Bucket, Dipper and Lid. A bucket is used to contain one’s happiness. People give into...

Sirius, the Hero Dog of 9/11 is a story about a patrol dog that was killed at the World Trade Center on 9/11/2001. It gives details concerning what this dog could have heard before that awful day’s events. Sirius could see the height of the...

King of the Hill: A Child’s Personal History of the Great Depression by Nelda Bedford Gaydou is a collection of family stories from the Great Depression. It follows the adventures of Benji, the youngest of eleven children, and his share-cropping family as they move from...

Joseph's Journey: When Dad Left and Never Came Back is a nonfiction book for children written by Christina Nicole Smith and illustrated by Dolores Melgar. Joseph is a young boy who has learned about how we all make choices in our lives. Offered a choice...

The Fantastic Flatulent Fart Brothers' Big Book of Farty Facts by M.D. Whalen is an interesting, informative book that walks the reader through the science, history, and art of farting. The book explains everything that you'd ever want to know about farting, including how many...

Everyone has a dream. Some people dream of being a good parent while others would like to become a Supreme Court Justice like Sonia Sotomayor. This Latina from Bronx, New York not only fulfilled her dream of becoming a Justice, she exceeded it by becoming...

Indi-Alphabet: Come! Travel India with Us by Shobha Tharoor Srinivasan takes young readers on a magical ride through the many cities and places of India, thereby helping children understand the culture and essence of this fascinating country. The journey not only introduces readers to various...

Science Mom's Guide to Water, Part 2 by Jenny Ballif is an educational and informative book that will teach children more about water and its properties in a fun and interactive way. Written using a lot of illustrations the book gives facts about water that...

Within each generation, there is something that stands out, especially in the way of communication from oral to written. In the '70s there was a heavy influence of shorthand, in the late '90s cell phones, social media and emoji evolved, and now Kanmoji has appeared,...