Halloween is a holiday celebrated each year on October 31st. On this fateful day, when Halloween was being celebrated with its scary and creepy atmosphere, somebody shouted "Merry Christmas, ho-ho-ho," Merry Christmas at this time? Who could it be? Find out in Santa’s Slip Up,...

Starr of the Show is a story about friendship and making amends. Written by Leigh Reagan Alley, the book follows two best friends and fifth graders, Starr Solomon and Sunny Morgan, who used to be inseparable. When Starr inadvertently takes credit for the backpack Sunny...

At the beginning of Minda Gomez's Martinez Kid Adventures: The Island Rescue, Rico and Diego, two adventurous brothers, are introduced as majestic owls flying in the Arctic sky, an experience accomplished by a new form of virtual reality As the tale begins, the system...

Soup Chad by Rich Samuels is a thought-provoking and intriguing tale. It starts with the main character Chad and his never-ending passion for soup. He was obsessed with soup, and in his new school, he opened a club to meet other children with similar interests....

Tracy Borgmeyer's Halley Harper, Science Girl Extraordinaire: The Friendship Experiment is entertaining and inspiring. Ten-year-old Halley Harper has a great enthusiasm for science. She loves trying out new experiments with her best friend, Gracelyn. But the experiments don't always go as intended. Like last year...

Alicia Connected: Lost and Found by Derek Fisher is a lovely children’s story about Alicia’s experience living in a world of technology. Alicia and her friends love playing the game TullyTown. Through this, they send each other messages and explore the town with their avatars....

Zapped by Prudence Breitrose is an entertaining middle-grade story about a boy named Joe and a gerbil named Sophie. When Joe’s father invents the nanozap, a device that can shrink anything and later regrow it, his family becomes rich and moves to a mansion. Little...

Madison Kleigh and the Onyx Stone is a young adult novel by Jeffrey David Montanye. Twelve-year-old Madison Kleigh watches as her father Michael's ship launches him and the crew from NASA to Mars. A curious package arrives in the post many months later. Madison believes...

Twelve-year-old Connie is determined to find her way in life and not be tied to having to live based on others' expectations. Her parents have decided to move from Scotland to Australia, and Connie is thrust into an unfamiliar environment with few opportunities to make...

Welcome to the wonderful and colorful world of marine life. More specifically, life on the reefs. Sammy & Scarlett’s Coral Reef Adventure by Robert Andrew Provan is a great introduction to life in the ocean for 4th through 6th graders. Learning about marine life is...