Daddy Bear knew his cub wanted to play and Baby Bear wanted to swim in the lake with the others all day. Daddy Bear had an idea too. He decided to take a picnic to eat by the lake. Baby Bear was excited as he...

Harriet Tubman was born into slavery in Dorchester County, Maryland. She was named Araminta Ross and her nickname was Minty. She changed her name to Harriet to honor her mother. When she was five years old, she was hired out to another family to...

Halloween at Luke’s: Togetherness is Happiness by Priya Pasumarthy is a delightful treat without any of the tricks. It’s time for Halloween! Tom and Lyda Luke have much to do to get ready. Their first step is to decorate their house with spooky decorations. Skeletons...

Ham Hands the Christmas Elf is a holiday-themed picture book for children written by Whitney Beatty and illustrated by Becca Kaiser. Every so often, a child will find a Christmas gift with wrapping that’s not as perfect as they've come to expect. It does happen,...

Have You Ever Seen An Ostrich? written By Bo Harris and illustrated By Ruth Dumitru is an entertaining children’s story about an ostrich working in a library. Is the ostrich a good librarian? How would he do the things librarians need to do like check...

Herman the mouse has lots of stories to share with young readers. He is a smart mouse and Papa Mouse and Mama Mouse knew it from the start. They lived in a pile of hay in a barn where there were cows, chicken, and sheep....

Young Truman the Tiger hadn't yet found his roar and that had him worried. His parents had healthy roars and all his friends had meows which would soon turn into roars. Truman decided to roam Tiger Country and search for his roar. He kept looking...

Horse Show: A Donkey-Donk Story by Ellen F. Feld is the second book in the series with photography by John Cebula. It’s time once again for the Horse Show and this time one little donkey gets to participate. Donkey-Donk is a miniature donkey with big...

They have just issued a hurricane watch and Niko is curious to know what a hurricane is. Aunt Sarah tells him that it is a big storm and explains how it forms over tropical waters, like the ocean. Lily wants to know if a hurricane...

In How Sunny Sees It: A Journey to Reading Bravely, by Lesley D. Nurse, the author shows how the main character, Sunny, a young child, would rather play than study. Nurse shows how some children can be mean and taunt a fellow child, making the...