Brimming with delightful information and a sense of adventure, "Alice and Jack Hike the Grand Canyon" is a fun, beautiful book for early readers. In Amy Graves and Pam Schweitzer’s illustrated children’s book "Alice and Jack Hike the... Read More

Marcie Roman’s novel "Journey to the Parallels" centers on a family who are trying to escape an alternate reality’s totalitarian regime. Every morning on the ride to school, Amber’s mother urges her children to wave to the... Read More

In Emi Watanabe Cohen’s family-oriented fantasy novel The Lost Ryū, a boy, with his miniature dragon, comes to grips with past tragedies and forges ahead with optimism. Ten-year-old Kohei lives in Japan, where most people keep ryū,... Read More

In Jana Bauer’s adorable novel-in-stories, "Scary Fairy in Wicked Wood", a selfish pixie learns to cooperate with the woodland creatures of her new home instead of only looking out for herself. Reminiscent of classic children’s... Read More

A ten-year-old girl seeks to break a long curse on her family in Shawn K. Stout’s novel "The Impossible Destiny of Cutie Grackle". Cutie lives with her uncle, Horace, in West Virginia, where she struggles to find her next meal and... Read More

Three witches team up with their new neighbor to solve local mysteries in Mark David Smith’s illustrated chapter book "The Weird Sisters". Hildegurp, Yuckmina, and Glubbifer, along with their cat, Graymalkin, are planning a move to... Read More

"The Adventures of Big Dog" is a fun chapter book in which siblings are determined to prove themselves ready for a pet. In Donald R. Draayer’s chapter book "The Adventures of Big Dog", siblings who yearn for a dog pet-sit for the first... Read More

In the allegorical novella "A Leaf for Bongani", a young giraffe and his traveling herd work to sustain their hope, even as they meet with obstacles. The migration of a Congolese giraffe herd inspires a motivational allegory in Claire... Read More