While choosing a book for read-aloud, I often find reminding myself to give nonfiction an equal opportunity. However, I tend to gravitate...

It is rare to find a child who has walked the halls of an elementary school but hasn’t read a creation from Jane Yolen. The writer of...

Arlo is a robot who longs for something different in his mundane life. One day a storm changes everything as he leaves the familiar...

From the author of “𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘓𝘰𝘭𝘢 𝘝𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘴” comes another tender story “𝘙𝘪𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘛𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘙𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘍𝘪𝘦𝘭𝘥𝘴.” When...

“When You’re a Boy” by Blake Nuto is one book that should be on every reader’s radar. As father and son go on a hike, the exploration...

Cori Doerrfeld delivers another wonderful story with Nellie’s Big Splash! This charming tale follows a young turtle named Nellie who...

“Ruthie Rose’s Big Idea” – a book that celebrates the power of ideas, the availability of safe space and caring adults with whom ideas...

A late post for sure – because Vaisakhi, the New Year of the Punjabi and the Sikh community was celebrated earlier this month – but this...

New book alert! The third book in the fascinating series “You Stole My Name” will be out in February 2025. “You Stole My Name Tools”...

Have you read “The Boldest White” yet? This time, the story focuses on Faizah, the younger sister of the main character from “The...

The more relatable a topic is, the more challenging it is to write an appealing picture book about it. How to swing as high as the sky is...

Just finished reading Meera Sriram and Sandhya Prabhat’s “The Spice Box”. Not only is the story a beautiful reminder of how spice boxes...

I love the books by Lucy and James Catchpole for their positive tone about disability. No wonder I was looking forward to Lucy’s latest...

How cool is this book! I knew that Daniel Nayeri’s “𝘿𝙧𝙖𝙬𝙣𝙊𝙣𝙬𝙖𝙧𝙙” has a palindrome in the title. But little did I know that the...

Xiao Xin is a kid who’s super loved, but all that love sometimes holds him back from finding his independence. His family is so worried...

Milo is a knight with an armor, a helmet and a visor. He takes being a knight very seriously. All his friends are knights too. No one...

“𝙃𝙖𝙞𝙧 𝙊𝙞𝙡 𝙈𝙖𝙜𝙞𝙘” by Anu Chouhan is an ode to the culture of hair-oiling between parents and children. In South Asian...

Reem Faruqi’s “𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙃𝙤𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙒𝙞𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙇𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙨” is a must-read this festive season for it reminds us gently that not...

As the title of the book suggests, “𝙈𝙮 𝙉𝙖𝙢𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙇𝙤𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙨 𝙖 𝙍𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙧” is a name-identity story. But there are many aspects...

It is Maia’s birthday today! Her family is making Miyeok Guk, a seaweed soup typically consumed by new mothers after giving birth and...