Congrats to 10 year old Jesse Dowell, the author of this children’s book, and to his parents as well, who have inspired his love of books and the desire to write at such a young age. I didn’t realize this book was written by a...

Sammy’s mom bought JoJo, the parrot, at a pet store, because he was so beautiful. JoJo was very happy with his best friend, Sammy, because Sammy would take him out of his cage and play with him every day; it was so much fun! But...

The Lonely Sunflower written by nine-year-old Julia Minigh and illustrated by Kasey Short has an eye-catching cover and will delight young readers. The sunflower is beautiful, but she is sad and lonely as she has no friends. The sunflower attempts to make friends with a...

The littlest ant lived in his ant palace with many brothers and sisters. One day a bad wind storm came and blew down their ant palace, and it blew the littlest ant far away from her family. She was so sad, but started walking to...

Toto’s Tale by K. D. Hays is the adventure of Oz through Toto’s perspective. Toto has an adorable personality. He tells things in a way that only a dog could. Often he does not understand his human companions, giving us humorous translations such as: brains...

The Goose Gang is a short story for children with an excellent lesson about being bullied and picked on. It seems all the animals on the farm are being bullied by the Goose Gang. Gloria, Gilbert, Gus, and Gladys seem to use their large size...

This is a cute, sweet story of two friends--a dragon, Padraig, and a turtle, Roger--written by Donita K. Paul and Evangeline Denmark. Colorful, sweet illustrations by Vincent Nguyen enhance this great book for young readers. The story begins as the two friends are toasting marshmallows...

"Night Of Many Lights" is the story of an Indian weather vane sitting high on top of a barn. It's a lonely job sitting there night after night, pointing out directions, with only birds for company. He longs to be free and be able to...

Pookie was different. She was a blue penguin and all of her friends were black penguins. Her mother tried to explain to her that she was a special penguin but Pookie just felt different. Some of the other penguins teased her. Pookie felt like she...