In this sparkling, hushed story about making spaces for less glamorous feelings, too, a boy understands and respects his sadness enough to create a place for it to peacefully exist. Visualized as a cozy haunt, decked out with flowers and... Read More

Like a sunset streaked across fresh snow, the colors of this story are as cozy as its message of taking care of others—and the planet. Decked in pink and yellow, Poe is a bright spot against the harshness of the Arctic, where she lives... Read More

Vibrant, layered protest scenes and moody evening skies seem lifted from the walls of an impressionist gallery in this picture book detailing the origins and enduring influence of the peace sign. Starting with Gerald Holton creating the... Read More

Come one, come all to this delightful display of some of the animal kingdom’s quirkiest members. Set up like an old-fashioned circus revealing its oddities, the book mixes scientific facts with expressive, cartoonish characters,... Read More

The beauty and mystery of the forest invites and enchants in this story about how working together can create something more beautiful than anyone could accomplish alone. Maya has meticulously planned out her tree fort, but she runs into... Read More

As if being stuck on a broken bit of ship isn’t bad enough: Albertini is lost at sea with George, the most optimistic castaway in history. George is unfazed by mermaids’ earworms, fish waste falling from the sky, and rain clouds... Read More

"The Fin-Tastic Cleanup" is a lively picture book in which three mermaids learn about the dangers of the trash that enters the ocean every year. Three mermaids swim into action against ocean pollution in Laura Mancuso’s picture book,... Read More

"Ella McBella in the Dark" is a sensitive picture book that encourages the use of one’s inner resources to confront, and conquer, fear. In Laura Pells’s enchanting picture book "Ella McBella in the Dark", a girl conquers her fears... Read More