Let's meet Lou and his friend Stu who are best friends in the storybook My Friend Stu by Laura Day. They act silly at times and play together. Lou and Stu like to dance and sing songs. They go to the same school and they...

Have you ever heard of dyscalculia? It’s a learning disability that makes learning numbers difficult. Cassidy has dyscalculia. She’s nervous about starting a new school where the children don’t know her. When asked in class to say the numbers from 1 to 10, she gets...

Great things can happen while we sleep. Why? Because that’s when the infinite power of the imagination takes over and worlds and even universes can be created. For the Slumbering Pearl, deep beneath the sea, this is what happens. While she sleeps, the Slumbering Pearl...

The little boy in the storybook wants to know if they are going to play with blocks and learn their ABCs or pretend to be pirates on high seas or climb up one of the highest trees. He asks everyone to join him while counting...

A Dog Named Trouble Goes to a Forever Home by Anthony Gonzalez is a feel-good story about a huge Saint Bernard. Trouble starts out at a shelter where his new Mom and Dad pick him up and bring him home. Trouble has some anxious moments...

In Show and Tell is CLOSED by Tanja Kobasic, we are introduced to a sad, scared, and angry boy named Beau. He feels this way because there is an infectious germ that has spread all over the world, making it impossible for him to go...

What would it be like if animals got a day off from being their regular selves? In An Animal’s Day Off by Jacqueline Vollat, we get a chance to see what they might do. A variety of animals from kangaroos to monkeys experience something completely...

Lili liked to play with Little Teddy and she liked to talk to Little Teddy before breakfast, before a nap, and before she said goodnight. She talked to her Little Teddy when she was happy, sad, or worried. Lili has a little brother at home...

The Day the Screens Stood Still written by R.L. Ullman and illustrated fabulously by Buhmi Loupito is a book all middle grade kids should read—and parents too. With all the blessings home computing has brought us, some bad things have come along. Like taking us...

Duck is very creative! Duck is an artist and not just in one discipline but in many. He can draw, sculpt, paint and even cake decorate. Duck is shown practicing each discipline with cheerful, colorful pictures. Duck Does Art by Ashley Moluf is beautifully laid...