Be Brave, Little Puffy by Arline Cooper is the story of Puffy, a little puffer fish who lives in the sea. Puffy’s body is small and plump and his fins are short and weak. He is just like any other puffer fish in the sea....

After a rainy day the rainbow appeared for everyone to see. When it was night, the color Red in the rainbow ran away to see the stars and as he watched the stars, his friends in the rest of the rainbow went searching for him....

Jim & Tim by James Maxwell Jr. is a children’s story that centers on the depth of a true friendship between two different personalities that would normally be at odds rather than being the best of friends. Jim enjoys more scientific interests as Tim enjoys...

Meet Goti, the shiny red bus, and Vivek, the dusty coal train, in the storybook The Dusty Train’s Sweet Surprise: A Lesson in Kindness by Subhash Kommuru. They were both very hardworking but Goti always made fun of Vivek, saying he was faster than Vivek...

Creativity: Finding your Art by Christian Gomez is a powerful and thought-provoking story about three young friends, and how their childhood dreams are replaced by the need for material wealth. Tyrone is an eight-year-old boy who loves to paint landscapes. His friend, Mary, comes from...

The little girl in the story Who Are You by Shanti Prem is free spirited and does not want to be tamed. She says she came into this world clear minded and free, and no one has any right to clip her wings. She wants...

Take a Hike! Poems for Intermediate Readers (Grades 3-5) by Brett Fleishman is an adorable collection of 30 poems that will put a smile on the faces of young readers. The book opens with a delightful poem where a store is selling human parts and...

Beeswing Makes Friends is a children’s picture book written by James Bruner and Elizabeth Stevens, and illustrated by Daniela Frongia. Long ago, before there were buildings and cities and the time we all think of as familiar, Beeswing played and danced and sang with his...

The Broken Branches is a coming of age novella for young adults written by Becky Lee Villareal. Sarafina had big dreams. She loved to write, and Ms. Olivares seemed to think she could be a great writer with the proper education and training. Sarafina wanted...

Thirteen-year-old Kate struggles to adjust after her parents split up and her father leaves. One day, she leaves school early and goes to the park across from her home. Here, she receives a strange gift from a crow with a single white feather. Kate pursues...