Have you ever wondered what happens to the Christmas tree at night when everyone in the house is sound asleep? The Living Christmas Tree by Kristin Sponaugle describes how the excitement of Christmas and Santa’s imminent visit was building, but perhaps it’s not just the...

The First Jambalaya: A Fairytale Cookbook by Patricia Dewitt-Grush is about a community of animals in the Atchafalaya Basin Swamp in Louisiana. It was a Friday when Richeleaux the raccoon decided to make one of his dreams come true by organizing a party in the...

Taíno Tales: The Legend of Coquí is the retelling of how a species of small frogs native to Puerto Rico received their name. Vicky Weber introduces us to the historic Taíno people and one of their legends. The fable is a simple story of love...

In The Unknown Breed by Shelli Misoyianis, we learn that Tina has just about everything a young girl could want: a large home, lots of horses, and a special unidentified breed of horse, an almost magical creature. Except for this special horse called Monte, she...

The Magical Children is a children's picture book by Eliana Habalian. Inspired by Native American folklore, the book follows a group of friends who also happen to be magical children. One day when one of them -- Sophie -- a special child who has trouble...

The Purple Raccoon is a children's fantasy adventure story by Sara Furlong. Ten-year-old twin siblings Sam and Cindy Porter had no idea what they were in for when they were sent to spend the summer with their grandparents, Tom and Lois, in their cottage on...

Have you ever wondered what a world would be like without imagination? Well, if you haven’t, then perhaps you haven’t imagined anything – and, sadly, you haven’t lived. The Book of Imagination (Phantasmic Wars) by El Holly tells readers that there is a place where...

The Tooth Fairy Letters, written and illustrated by Tim, Kristen, Courtney, and Caitlin Frank and the Tooth Fairy, is a fun and informative book. Tim Frank encouraged his three daughters to write a letter to the Tooth Fairy and include it with the tooth they...

Putney Hicks is at it again in The Buoyancy Project: Putney Hicks Inventor Adventures – Book 2 by Marsha Tufft. Not intentionally, of course, but somehow she always finds herself sorting through some new mystery and solving problems along the way. As usual, she has...

The Tomato Zombie had just met his new unicorn friend on the beach when he learned that she was in trouble. Olive the unicorn could not live in the shallow waters because the Shell King had banished her from the sea as a punishment for...