A twelve-year-old in Darjeeling encounters a magical world when she sets out to rescue her twin in Payal Doshi’s original, girl-powered novel "Rea and the Blood of the Nectar". When Rea’s brother, Rohan, vanishes after a cricket... Read More

Filled with adventure, discovery, and a splash of sibling rivalry, Maureen Buchanan Jones’s historical novel Maud and Addie includes sweet messages about the importance of family. Though they are less than a year apart in age, Maud and... Read More

Intelligent hamsters fight a destructive threat to themselves and their animal friends in the fun graphic novel The Underfoot: Into the Sun. The result of human experiments in genetic modification, the Hamster Aquatic Mercenaries... Read More

Karleen Pendleton Jiménez vivifies a 1984 Los Angeles summer in "The Street Belongs to Us", a nostalgic novel about friendship and family. Best friends Alex and Wolf thrive on Muscatel Avenue. When a construction project to add... Read More

An epistolary religious text for young readers, "Mr. Smitty Notes: Genesis 1-11" argues that the biblical precepts that helped to shape America’s past are still relevant today. "Mr. Smitty Notes: Genesis 1-11" is made up of religious... Read More

Charlie’s Christmas Adventure is a charming novel in which four young friends come to understand what it means to love others like Jesus did. In J. E. Solinski’s delightful novel Charlie’s Christmas Adventure, a spirited young... Read More

In the educational series picture book Ellie’s First Day of School, a nervous elephant calf learns to cope with emotional challenges. In Joseph Goodrich’s picture book Ellie and her Emotional Dragons: Ellie’s First Day of School, a... Read More

"For the Love of Big Balooka" is a middle grade novel in which forgiveness abounds as a supportive family helps an animal-loving girl rescue a dog. In Kathleen M. Barrett’s faith-based novel "For the Love of Big Balooka", a girl... Read More