The Baby & Her Brothers’ Short Stories: Feeling Small, written by Ebonie Williams and illustrated by Navi’ Robins, is a much-needed children’s book that puts a slightly different spin on childhood bad dreams. Young Cameron, usually the first one up and about, is still lying...

Beto refuses to wear a guayabera to the wedding he has coming up, saying that he has better shirts he would rather wear. He and his Mami go back and forth, Beto refusing to have anything to do with the shirt and Mami trying to...

Noah and Emma go inside their home after playing together outside when they realize the floor has turned into lava! They begin traversing their house, trying to avoid stepping on the floor so they don’t get burned. Their dog, a water dragon during the game,...

What can you do to make a friend feel better? How do you let them know you are thinking about them and wish them well? In Malwen's Get Well Wishes by C. Géraldine that is what Malwen, a snail, is trying to decide. Malwen has...

One afternoon Jack went out to play. His mom had asked him to because in the morning he had spent a lot of time working on his computer. The problem is that when Jack went out, he didn't know what to do and none of...

A Scribble Where it Shouldn't, by Paul Wennersberg-Løvholen, is a 34-page-long children’s picture book about Luna, her parents, and two naughty scribbles. The artwork is mostly watercolor. As the book opens, it appears as if the parents are demanding and rigid, laying down a lot...

Yetis, those mythical snow-loving creatures, are having a moment. In Carla Mae Jansen's new book, Ten Very Merry Yetis, they are in their element and getting ready for Christmas. Jansen's rhyming story starts with a group of ten Yetis in the snow-covered mountains, looking for...

Dogs are special and form the theme of My First Dog Book by D.A. Batrowny. They’re a lot of fun, but also a lot of work. The best part of these great four-legged creatures is that they really are man’s (and woman’s) best friend. Soft,...

Rainbow, Rainbow In The Sky by Subani Maheshwari is a short and sweet story about how rainbows are formed, with a description of each of the colors within it. Each page has its own little adventure. It offers a perfect demonstration of science that can...

My First Vegetable Garden Book by D. A. Batrowny is a photographic introduction to vegetable gardening. It’s meant for someone who has never grown vegetables or fruits from seed before. Yes, cucumbers and pumpkins are fruit, as they have seeds inside. Seeds are what you...