The interactive picture book "Imagination Blast" utilizes rhyming poems and illustrations to enhance children’s perspectives of the world and themselves. In Vicky-Lyn Ashby-Harris’s picture book Imagination Blast, poems are paired... Read More

Soft, blended illustrations aid the gentle tone of this children’s book about loss and healing. A young fox recounts the experience of their grandmother’s passing and its aftermath as they write her a letter, organizing and releasing... Read More

Who’s Yawning Now? is a valuable, educational picture book that encourages curiosity through its curation of interesting birds and mammals. Wildlife photographer Nicki Geigert’s Who’s Yawning Now? is a splendid animal facts picture... Read More

A haunting fairy tale about the worlds built by simple acts of generosity, this picture book follows a girl and her seven imaginary horses—some of whom are blessed with gifts like homes, and dreams, and shades of being, but one of whom... Read More

A brother and sister are prompted to discuss environmental care in the wise picture book Sparky’s Electrifying Tale. In Janelle London and Matthew Metz’s picture book Sparky’s Electrifying Tale, siblings and their hamster learn... Read More

"The Mister Peanut McWoolly Story" is a compassionate picture book in which a girl helps a delicate lamb develop his self-esteem. Diane Wilkins’s charming picture book "The Mister Peanut McWoolly Story" is based on the true story of a... Read More

"The Way You Run in Dreams" is an attentive, ecopoetic gathering of texts that honors felt and lived experiences with a clear, defined voice. Time and its ravages, absence, and the silent interludes before and after human... Read More

"The Magical Rooster" tells the story of Tang Yun, who must travel a long way to the capital city to take the Imperial Exam. Distressed by the idea of her son traveling thousands of miles, his mother embroiders a rooster on her son’s... Read More