The Beauty of Us All: Celebrating the Diversity of the World by Chandele Morris, illustrated by Marissa Napolitano, is an ebullient, vibrant, unapologetic homage to the beauty that comes only from being uniquely ourselves – just precisely the way we were made to be. Its...

Keith Stoeckeler’s picture book, The Sparkly Bun, is a clever way to teach young readers not only about being creative and using their imagination but also about building their self-esteem and being comfortable with who they are. The story is told in simple language so...

So often we measure our self-worth against that of others. The purple croc in an orange sock is transformed every day when the magical clock strikes four. That’s when “a flamingo in a bright pink frock” appears at the end of the dock, and the...

In The Migrating Millimunger by Charlotte Chaplin, a little pink millimunger with a bright red nose is homeless after being chased off by a big, mean crocodile. Finally, after searching for refuge, scared and alone at sea, she arrives at Blue Bear Island on a...

Elizabeth Everett has taken an old and beloved nursery rhyme and changed it into a scientific observation with Twinkle, Twinkle, Daytime Star. A star? A star that twinkles in the daytime? Then we realize, of course, it's the Sun. And so we begin to explore...

On January 20, 2009, Barack Obama became the 44th president of the United States of America, the first Black man in American history elected as the president. Yet, as monumental as the occasion was, America still has not elected a woman president. In The President...

The First Annual Gala Maze-a-thon was a race with each rider on the back of a calpa. The first one across the finish line would win the race. Talee and her calpa called Nola were ready for the race. Among the other competitors was a...

The Wobbly Wheeled Wagon by Juliet Mandelzweig, illustrated by Jess Bronte, is about a particular wobbly shopping cart in the supermarket that often gets abandoned in the parking lot when shoppers realize its defect. All the shiny, undamaged wagons would often tease, bully, and laugh...

Thank You, Mommy by Kendrick Monestime is a children’s picture book for kids aged two and above that teaches young readers the extent of a mother’s love and the sacrifices that mothers throughout the world go through for the sake of their children. The story...

Meet a very busy wolf called Doc. He prefers to work around the clock rather than take some time off from work during the day or night to have fun or talk to friends. Doc won't even get a good night's rest because he worries...