Hildy lived with her parents and sister, Francesca, in the country. Hildy's Mama had a little sister whom they had nicknamed Tati. She lived in the city with her husband Bennett and their baby Ollie. Hildy called her Uncle Bennet Be Bop. It was her...

It was morning and time for Princess Jellibean to continue her adventures. After bathing, having breakfast, and brushing her teeth, Jellibean packed everything and continued along her way. She had a bluebird singing a happy song for company. As they traveled together his tunes turned...

The Big Red Monster, written by Lois Wickstrom and cleverly illustrated by Nicolás Milano, is a contemporary version of a Hindu Teaching Tale – stories written to instruct Hindus in their beliefs or make a moral point. This yarn is told in the first person,...

Mother wit, words of wisdom and old sayings are the various ways of passing on lessons learned from one generation to the next. In Mama Said by Shonelle Boucher, the young reader will be taken on a journey through a series of stories that will...

Muddysocks was an odd little sock who found it difficult to make new friends. She thought the reason was that she could not stay clean for long. One day she felt sad and started crying and even the clouds started to cry. Muddysocks noticed a...

My Ice Age Struggles: What was it like to live during the Ice Age? by Rich Linville takes young readers back to the Ice Age and gives them glimpses of how life was during that period. The earth was colder and part of it was...

There is something very comforting about a garden. It doesn’t have to be prim and proper, a picture-perfect design of matching rows of colors. The wilder, the better. Mrs. Church has a lovely garden. It’s a bit wild, but well-trimmed and cared for, complete with...

Ella and Louis are enjoying their time at Grandma and Grandpa's house. Louis wants to have strawberries and Ella tells him that there are not so many strawberries in the Gambia but there are other delicious fruits. Ella's favorite is juicy mangoes and their mother...

My Puppy Can Find Me is written by Amber Higgins and illustrated by Helen “Scotty” King. In this educational picture book, a child can learn how to utilize the family dog’s innate intelligence in a crisis situation. Dogs are naturally loyal to their humans, which...

Bullying has become a serious topic and some might say it has become an epidemic in schools and homes over the past 20 or so years, especially with the creation of the internet and its many ways to communicate via websites. Bullying was once perceived...