The Mango Seed Doll by Karlene J. Froling is the story of Salon who was born in a tree covered by leaves, and hung there with her brothers and sisters. She was removed from the tree when she was big enough and placed on a...

Meet Johnny and Elvis, the two brothers in This Cat is Mine: My Crazy Stories Series by Daniel Georges. They share their bedroom and they have marked their territory by painting their sides with their favorite colors; blue for Johnny and green for Elvis. They...

Children get scared every time the dark skies roar and grumble, and they jump into their parents' beds in The Sky Monster Grumbles by Regina Puckett. The rumble leaves children quivering with the covers pulled over their heads, and sometimes they shiver and cry....

Truly the Fairy's Great Adventure by Lana VanValkenburgh-Bennett will take readers on an epic adventure along with Truly the Fairy. Truly lives in a forest known as Hopsmeadow. It is a lively little village full of Dinkyhop families who live in quaint huts made out...

The Life of a Rodeo Clown by Ann Drews is a picture book about the rodeo and the important job of rodeo clowns. They must keep the bull riders safe and they must distract bulls when riders fall. The story is told in a lilting...

I loved The Three Little Frogs by Gary Montgomery! What a beautiful story it is. Three little frogs build houses for themselves to live in. One builds a house of weeds and grasses, another builds his house of sticks and reeds, and the third builds...

Meet Charlie, the bird with no wings in The Wingless Bird by Detrick C. Greene and Dennis E. Pritchett Sr. He lived in a forest called the Greenwood with his mom, who had had five small baby birds. Each one had a different personality; Gabby...

The cover of Ten Swishy Fish (Bite-Size Books for Beginning Readers) by Bernice Seward is a hook in itself with huge-eyeballed fish swishing here and there. No fish on a hook here but certainly the reader is hooked. The rhyme and rhythm of the story...

Petunia Skunk grabbed the strongest bottle of perfume she owned and sprayed and sprayed before going to school. Petunia stunk like a skunk and her tail had a mind of its own. It would always raise and spray whenever she felt any type of strong...

Meet Dan who is supposed to be a fire dog in The Cookie Eating Fire Dog by Lida Sideris. Dan was supposed to pull on his shiny black boots, slip into his bright yellow coat, and put on his red hat whenever the fire bell...