Author Hayley Rose has created a wonderful, imaginative, rhyming story of how Oodle the Poodle met Bauzer the Schnauzer. Children and parents will love the alliterations and rhyming story of The Ruffington Dog Show. Oodle the Poodle was performing very well until tragedy struck, but...

The Golden Rule is a children’s book of acceptance, written by Jessica Marie Baumgartner and illustrated by Laura Winship-Fanaei. A young child, Pagan by faith, has many friends. Her friends come from different countries, races, religions and backgrounds. One thing that binds them is known...

Trouble at Riverside Academy by Liam Moiser is a stunning chapter book that follows a girl named Rachel. Rachel is in her final year at Riverside, and is enjoying spending time with her boyfriend, Benjamin. She is head girl of the school, and Benjamin is...

Ella is remembering her mother in the storybook Thinking of Mom by M.O. Lufkin, and she is feeling nostalgic and sad. Her mom used to help Ella brush her teeth, make her bed nice and neat, and dress in matching clothes. She always took Ella...

The Shivering Sunbeam by Winslow E. Dixon is a stunning children's book about a young sunbeam named Addy. Addy is born without the spark, meaning that she couldn't share warmth. She was cold, even though she was bright and beautiful. Addy was a sick sunbeam,...

Readers are taken into the African jungle where the Congo River flows in The Blue Crocodile by Sarah Case Mamika. Here they meet a rare crocodile who is blue in color instead of green. Everyone is afraid of the Blue Crocodile and he has no...

The Moose with the Pump by Yerachmiel Altman is about David Jacob, the little blue moose who has type 1 diabetes. His parents tell him that he need not be scared as they will not let him down and, with the right information, he will...

The illustrations by Siera Tomczak in The Color of Beauty are very realistic. She adds so many tones, shadows, and highlights that really give contrast and bring the illustrations to life. The poetry or musings on color by Goob are very well written. The author...

Tina’s Adventures: First Day of School is a children’s book written by Tita Horvat and illustrated by Avijit Sil. Nervous about starting her first year at school, Tina is in a panic and asks her mother why she cannot just stay in kindergarten. When she...

Readers get to see Emma coming back from school in a bad mood in The Listening Story (Not So Serious Jack Series Book 3) by Jack Thompsen. Her father wants to know why she is so angry and she tells him that no one in...