Do you know the difference between how grasshoppers and crickets make sounds? You will, after reading Backyard Bug Safari by Barbara Teasdale. Many children don’t know how many different types of bugs live in their backyards. Barbara puts the fun into learning. Two brothers, Freddy...

Meet Boomer who is a curious bunny. He lives in the forest with his less interested siblings. One day, Boomer sees a runner, decides to follow him, and finds himself in unknown places. What do you think he will do? Curious as he is, he...

Timmy's Great Plan is a children’s picture book by Natalie Sanchez. Before Timmy hatched from his egg, his mother patiently waited for him and imagined what kind of dinosaur he would be. She was overjoyed to discover he was a healthy and happy dinosaur when...

As a child, did you ever lie outside on a warm, sunny day and study the clouds in the sky? Brian Jay’s picture book Let’s Find Funny Faces! Clouds and the Imagination Series brings back my childhood memories of lying on my back, studying the...

Even little witches (or witchlets) can get themselves into trouble, as readers will discover in Laurel Lorenzini’s children’s book, Witchlet Brew. Elydia and Amari, sister witchlets, are making a brew to help add to the spookiness of Halloween. They’re excited and want to make something...

Jonsey the Purple Frog Discovers a Fun Healthy Lifestyle by Rohan Jagarlamundi is a fun and educational picture book for children. Does your child enjoy the flavor of sweets and other junk food? Then this book will be perfect for showing them how yummy healthy...

In a Land Far Away: Second Edition by Aleksandra Layland is a colorful picture book that covers the wonders of the fictional land of Kimbria. As a part of Layland's Windflower Saga, this book celebrates the racial diversity and friendships shown throughout the series. With...

Nursery Rhymes for Kinder Times - Volume 1, by Pam Gittleman, is a children’s picture book for young readers, ages three and up. It is filled with colorful illustrations and written in a poetic format for a read-along. But instead of a story you might...

Freddy's New Friend, by Ngozi Edema, is a warm, cute book about making friends and showing kindness. The second in a series about Freddy (the first being Freddy and the Veggies), this follow-up has Freddy living in the happy little town of Giggletown with his...

Most children and many adults are afraid of the unknown. Ivy is a young child who has a lot of fear. In Ivy and the Hummingbird by Janice McMorris, Ivy discovers that most things she feared were actually nice. Ivy used to fear the croaking...