Did you know that even tooth fairies can get sick with the flu? That’s what happened to Mrs. Chompers, the tooth fairy responsible for baby sharks. So who does she call to do her nightly rounds? Mrs. Pearly White, of course. Only Mrs. Pearly White...

Children can sense the excitement when parents are preparing to go to the lake. Pets can, too. Bailey certainly senses the preparations underway. As he and Bella go about their morning rituals, they observe the adults preparing bags of clothing, bags of food, and, yes,...

Friendship comes in all kinds of packages. Even pets have friends. While it’s not usual, it does happen that a cat befriends a dog. Luckily for Calypso, an alley cat did take an interest in the Welsh terrier. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have survived the night...

Annalynn doesn’t expect to find her family sick in the living room, but that’s exactly what happens. When she tries to help out by giving them tissues, a strange thing occurs. Some strangers in red and blue force themselves into the house and steal their...

A Raptor Ate My Homework is the first book of The Backpack Dinosaur series by Julian Michael Carver. It is a short story suitable for middle schoolers. Andy and Anna Saunders are both fourth graders. While Anna is a math whiz, Andy’s head is full...

Eight-year-old Cora Everstone is a happy, kindhearted child with loving parents but plagued by mysterious and strange dreams. Her parents seek help from Arch Magister Astrael Ashmane, who suggests that Cora enroll at The Magister's School for the Gilded Highborn so she can learn to...

A Hare’s Tale 17: Dandelion Bigfoot and the Dark Hare (A Hare’s Tale Book Series) is a children’s book that isn’t really a children’s book. Author Rob Auty has produced the latest in what is clearly a long-running series about Dandelion Bigfoot, the Golden Hare....

A Boy Called Preacher by Cheryl Schuermann is an adventure/coming of age story of a young boy who learned that responsibility is much easier to bear when you are surrounded by love and support. Johnny Wilcox (a.k.a. Preacher) is trying his best to stay on...

Acea and the Animal Kingdom by Kyle Shoop is the first book in the Acea Bishop series. Acea wakes up in a strange place that resembles a zoo and, as he explores, he discovers amazing rooms that introduce him to a variety of animals. When...

It was bedtime for Abigail and, as she drifted off to sleep, she went into the rainforest on an adventure. She met Tortoise there and asked him if he was interested in joining her. Tortoise told her that he was always on the move and...