While Coleen’s father may be perceived as odd, she knows the true caring nature of her father and she needs to prove it. The townsfolk feel that the giant man is lazy, standing in the middle of town with his arms raised in the air....

Like all children, Rachel wants things. On a visit to the mall with her mother, Rachel is fascinated by the toy store and asks her mother for some of the toys. At the clothing store, Rachel is fascinated by all the clothes, especially the Halloween...

A noisy classroom means a busy classroom and Ms. Johnson’s class is certainly busy. A little girl is horrified at the thought of moving up to the ‘noisy’ classroom in the fall. Even Ms. Johnson is noisy. And she sings, too. The little girl threatens...

Schneider the Spider sat looking at the beauty of the lake and the other spiders playing web-spit and catching flies. He really wished he had friends to play with him and he decided to approach a group of friendly spiders to ask if he could...

Have you ever considered the life cycle of a single plastic bag? When you go shopping with your parents, the clerk stuffs your purchases in a plastic bag. Once home, you unloaded the purchases and throw away the plastic bag. Where does it go? To...

Adventures of Anansi and Sewa: Rainy Day is an adventure story for children written by Bunmi Oyinsan and illustrated by Natalia Cano. Anansi and Sewa Spider wanted to go outside and play. It was school vacation, and what better way to spend it than playing...

Are you ever worried about a new situation? Going to a new school? Or a new daycare? Jake was worried about going to doggy daycare. His owners were going away and he was going to be left at a doggy daycare for a couple of...

We’re all different. We have different ways to laugh, to smile, to cry, to speak, but that’s part of what makes us all so uniquely special. Jake is a fun-loving dog, caramel-colored with “a chocolate stripe down his face” (I love that description). He loves...

Let's get on board Ethan's Healthy Mind Express in the book Ethan's Healthy Mind Express: A Children's First Mental Health Primer by Emily Lane Waszak, Erik Bean, and Gail Gorske. Though some tracks are bumpy, smooth, narrow, or wide, they all end up on...

Walkout is a children’s social issues picture book written by Tina Shepardson and illustrated by Terry Sirrell. Maddie was beside herself with excitement over the upcoming school anti-violence walkout happening on Friday. She so wanted her best friend, Stella, to walk with her, but Stella...