When Isaiah’s mother tells him that they are going to visit a botanical garden, he is not impressed. He would much rather stay home and play video games. He doesn’t even know what the word botanical means. When she uses his given name rather than...

The Holiday Brothers Present: Big Brother’s Little Problem, written by Onicka J. Daniel and illustrated by Jess Araujo, tells the story of a young boy who feels annoyed and pestered by his little brother. The little brother likes to follow his older brother around like...

Billy wanted to play basketball but he rarely got the opportunity to play. The Championship game was fast approaching and he watched how his friends Little Bo, Eli, and Harold practiced. He always sat on the bleachers and dreamed of making baskets. Billy also...

It was a perfect day, the sun was shining, the birds were singing, and the warm weather was wonderful. Everything was going perfectly for Judge Birdie and her seven-year-old grandson Milo as they were making their way downriver in a canoe. It was the end...

“My trouble began when I started seeing...DOUBLE!!” Dedicated to her own twins, Hailey and Matilda, Tracy Murdock’s Zoe in Double Trouble is about a dog named Zoe－a “Princess Pup”－who is used to having her mommy all to herself. She recounts the day when everything changed...

Gregory Green is excited to wake up on Saturday morning and help his dad cut the grass. He tries to wake up Sammy, his teddy who sleeps beside him, but Sammy moans and does not move an inch. Gregory is worried and he calls his...

School Dance by Janice Spina is book one in the new series, Abby & Holly. Some readers might already know the two girls from one of the author’s earlier books: they were first introduced in Book 5 of the Davey & Derek Junior Detectives...

Meet Dragon Girl, the little princess who lived in a mystical palace deep under the ocean in a faraway place in Dragon Girl by Jade Bryan. She was kind and wise, and had all the toys in the whole kingdom. She ate yummy foods daily...

Charlene may be a champion show jumper, but she comes from racing stock and she understands the pressures placed on race horses as they train and prepare, then run the big race. While staying at the racing stable, Charlene hears about Tiger Lily who has...

Please Close It!, written by Kathleen M. Jacobs and illustrated by Ashley Teels, is a fun story about a young boy named Timmy Timberjamb who doesn’t like to close drawers. Encouraged by his grandfather who doesn’t close anything either, Timmy ignores his mother’s cries of...