A wonderful story based on a real-life experience. The driver—the mother—is very sensitive to the needs of her son who is on the Autism Spectrum. She understands that any change in routine can be difficult and demonstrates how asking nicely for a change can result...

A Colorful Beginning by Raven Howell is an entertaining picture book about starting school. All the colorful creatures are getting ready to head off to school. Each of them prepares in a different way; some pack food, some pack supplies, and some just quietly head...

It has been said that music is an international language. Every culture has music. As far as I know, every culture sings to its babies. More often than not, the mother sings softly to their children. This time of singing a child to sleep, or...

Imagine being loaned a pony for the summer. For Erin, who is pony mad at heart, this was a dream come true. In My Pony for the Summer by Hannah Wright, it turns out that the loan, a Shetland pony with a stubborn mind of...

It is normal for all of us to feel sad and lonely on occasion, but it can be more complicated for young children to deal with those feelings. The Lonely Toadstool: A Children's Book About Emotions and New Friends That Come as We Find Our...

ElsBeth and the Freedom Fighters by J Bean Palmer is the story of a young witch called ElsBeth, who lives in the human world. She goes to a human school and must hide what she can do from everyone around her. As well as dealing...

That's Not My Cat by Anne-Marie Tucker, Candace J Semien, and Nai Saechao is a thought-provoking children's picture book about the people we love who suffer the effects of an injury, illness, or disability. Life is not fair, and sometimes a tragedy may suddenly change...

Crosby the Not-So-Snappy Crocodile is a picture book in the animal adventure subgenre and forms part of the Bit Different Collection of stories. The work is for young readers, accompanied and newly independent, and was penned by author Joanne Moore with lively illustrations provided by...

Operation Nana: A Plan Full of Love, written and illustrated by Kelle Lima, is a story for children about the people we love. This imaginative story features both the family we were born with and the family we build with our hearts. Both are important....

Ellie is Moving by Tammy Lempert is a picture book for young children. Eddie is back with another dilemma; this time he is worried about moving homes. He tells his worries to Grandpa Joe, who luckily has the perfect story that will help Eddie. Grandpa...