It is important to be kind and be the one who will help when someone finds it difficult to help themselves. There will be times when someone needs a listening ear so it is important to be a good listener and also to say sorry....

When God Made Color by Sheri Carmon is an enchanting book that captures the beauty and allure of colors in a whimsical way. God danced across the waters, carrying all the colors of the rainbow. He stood above the waters and wished there was light...

I Can Go to Summer Camp: A book about Type 1 diabetes (Learning to Live with Diabetes for Children) by Yerachmiel B. Altman is about a little boy who is going to Camp Jellybean in the summer. He is excited and is looking forward to...

Meet Quigley, a tiny hedgehog who is quiet and thoughtful in Quigley the Quiet Hedgehog by Claudine Norden. Quigley watches everything and takes it all in. He does not think he needs to shout in a big crowd. He is confident that he is seen...

Owen was just like any other boy or girl of his age. He was curious, his fingers liked to strum, and he loved to jump. He dreamed about strumming his ukulele and singing. He loved going to school and he found math interesting because he...

Hockey Wars 2: The New Girl by Sam Lawrence and Ben Jackson is the second book in this thrilling action chapter book series. Written for children from ages 8 to 12, younger hockey fans, teenagers and even adults can relate to the rivalry and team...

There are so many things that make a person beautiful and these things have nothing to do with physical appearance. For example, people are beautiful when they are kind and caring, when they laugh, when they are learning, when they share, when they allow their...

Expertly written for a young audience, Someone You Love Has Cancer: A Child's Guide to Understanding by Robin Martin-Duttmann explains the treatment process of cancer to children. Cancer is a difficult topic, especially for children, since they may not understand what having the illness entails...

The Worst First Day: Bullied While Desegregating Central High by Elizabeth Eckford, Eurydice Stanley, and Grace Stanley is a non-fiction memoir of what happened in the early days of desegregation and, specifically, when a young girl became the first black student to enter an all-white...

Sweet Neighbors Come in All Colors is a children’s educational picture book written and illustrated by Lisa Blecker, and based upon a song by Dick Grover. Fruits and vegetables come in an astounding array of colors, shapes, sizes, and textures, but they’re all quite good...