Four Days of Pongal: The Harvest Festival of South India by Lakshmi Narayani throws light on the Pongal Festival, known as a harvest festival, celebrated by people in the southern part of India who speak the Tamil language. The book discusses all aspects of the...

Imagine living hundreds of years ago in the ancient African country of Mali. Imagine the clothes you’d wear, the house you’d live in, the family you’d have, the food you’d eat. Imagine being grown up at the age of twelve, and, if you were a...

We get to meet Little Miss History in the storybook The Adventures Of Little Miss History: Volume 1 by Barbara Ann Mojica, who is so named because of her keenness to learn about things in the past. She has traveled everywhere by land, sea, and...

Perseverance. That’s what it takes. Facing all of life’s difficulties, all those hurdles thrown in our path, what we need is perseverance. We can’t give up. We have to dream, dream big, and reach for our dreams with a determination that nothing will stop us....

Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial (A Stone of Hope) by Joanne Mattern is an educational children's book that teaches young readers about the man who stood up for black people's rights. This book teaches about the important points of his life, like his famous...

In Dime Store Days, Jane Foster takes us back to a simpler time when folks would socialize and shop at their local Five and Dime. The book is based on a real store, as one of the comments at the beginning of the book shows:...

Long Ago One December by Alicia M. McLain and Charles G. Menk III is set against the backdrop of December, the Christmas season, and the myth that surrounds Santa Claus. Nathan loves Christmas and, like everybody else, he looks forward to receiving Christmas presents from...

My Secrets by Oleg Borysiuk teaches young readers about many different animals. It is listed in alphabetical order, and gives facts about every animal. Did you know that flamingos are actually born white, not pink? Or did you know that bears have 42 teeth? Or...

Sing the Planets by Bonnie Ferrante is an enjoyable, educational children's book. The book teaches a song and dance to help children remember the planets. It also shows pictures of the planets and gives facts about each planet, like what the planet is sometimes called...

Learning about angels and the power of God’s love in defeating the evils of Satan is a lifelong journey for all of us. It’s such an immense concept, it’s no wonder that we spend so much time reading and challenging our minds to understand it....