Secrets of the Memory Tree: A Magical Story about Friendship, the Ancient Ones, and a Grand Old Tree by Angie Bird begins with an introduction that is almost a dedication to the trees. It provides the basis for the entire story, laying a foundation that...

The Bear and The Hug is a children's tale written and illustrated by Melissa Cannioto. For the whole past winter, Bear had been sleeping peacefully in his cave. After waking up, he ventures outside, hoping to reunite with his friends and get a giant, warm...

Amy and the Tortoise: How Animals Saved the Planet by John Leben is a children's picture book narrated by the titular character, a young girl named Amy, who tells us how Earth was destroyed by humans and ultimately resurrected by animals. The book begins with...

Hope is about to celebrate Christmas. Her father has brought out the decorations and this has made Hope very sad because she knows that due to her parents' separation, her mother will not be present for the festivities. Among the decorations, Hope finds a collection...

The Bus finally got its wish of becoming a butterfly. Its new name was Instar. Now, it was Asiim’s turn to become whole. Asiim was a nine-year-old girl trapped in a baby’s body, and she was desperate to grow by drinking from the healing spring....

Santa and Elvel are identical twins. Their birth parents couldn’t afford to raise them, so they gave them up for adoption at a nearby church. However, upon leaving them on the church’s doorstep, something almost magical happened and the two babies were separated before they...

How does a Jacaranda tree who struggles with feeling alone adjust to being in a place where no one seems to like her? When a stranger takes Jaca to a new place when she’s a seed, she grows slowly but not as vibrantly as was...

The Zoe-Chai Seed (Pearls of Wisdom – Book 3) was written by Catherine Ann Russell and illustrated by Brooke Connor. What a wonderful way to teach children about loyalty and true friendship with a story about a kingdom of animals of all sorts who live...

“Truly I tell you, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the Kingdom of Heaven.” (Matthew 18: 1-3) My mother used to warn us not to be in a hurry to grow up because we’re old for a very long...

Ursamer: An Eco Short Story For Children (Treasury of Feel-Good Stories) by Karina McRoberts is a fable replete with symbolism. In this short chapter book, the protagonist Ursamer journeys with her ever-hungry pup, Nuga, in search of someone who might help her. Ursamer is far...