Great-Great-Grandad McHooter's Big Surprise 90th Birthday Party (Snozzeralls Series Book 2) by Karen Henton concerns a family of Snozzeralls living inside the face of a human being. These are the McHooters. Snozzy McHooter Junior, Snozzerlina Ballerina, and Snozzerella Bella Boo are busy preparing for a...

Daphne Higginbotham Battles the Fifth Grade by Rosemary Starr is a powerful story. It's about an imaginative ten-year-old adopted Asian girl. Daphne Xiao-fen Higginbotham loves to spend the summer break playing with her best boy-slash friend Byron who has autism. Daphne believes that school is...

In Ozzy Penguin Gets Frustrated by S.A. Schneider we are introduced to a small family of penguins. Ozzy was woken up and told that he needed to get ready for school. The day started fine until he told his father that he could put his...

Eri and the Fairies: A Tangled Solution is a delightful fairy story with fairy food descriptions. Leni Puccio tells the story of Eri and the two fun-loving fairies, Freddy and Freida, who visit her hair every night. Freddy, Freida, and their friends love to have...

The Beauty of Us All: Celebrating the Diversity of the World by Chandele Morris, illustrated by Marissa Napolitano, is an ebullient, vibrant, unapologetic homage to the beauty that comes only from being uniquely ourselves – just precisely the way we were made to be. Its...

Lilly and May Learn Why Mom and Dad Work by Anthony C. Delauney shows that it's sad to watch Mom and Dad leave for work every day. Sisters Lilly and May don’t understand why they have to work. They’d much rather Mom and Dad stayed...

Losing a loved one is never easy; loss-induced grief is inevitable no matter how old you are. But children have an even harder time dealing with grief as they are new to the concept. A Million Little Stars by Amanda Loraine Lynch, Candice Davis, and...

Huckleberry Hedgehog likes collecting rocks with his best friend, Olivia Owl. One day, after heading out for more collectibles, Huckleberry met his neighbor, Mrs. Fox. He wanted to help her with her grocery basket, but she treated him coldly. Mr. Raccoon was in a bad...

Anna and Her Grandma: Coping With a Loved One's Illness by Lisa Smalley is a beautiful picture book for young children. If your child is currently dealing with the confusing situation of having a loved one be ill, then this book will provide them with...

It is hard to imagine a more beguiling or comforting book for children than Sleep Tight, Pen by Michelle Mae. Pen, the penguin referenced in the title, is all tucked in at bedtime in his favorite fishy pajamas and can’t get to sleep because he...