Genre: Children's Social Issues Summertime is vacation time for the Angelino family, and the two Angelino boys are excited about their upcoming camping trip. They’re going to the local state park, where they can swim, go fishing, and look for wildlife! Being on vacation doesn’t mean the boys have to be careful. An encounter with a sneezing deer provides their father with an opportunity to teach the boys about respecting wildlife and staying alert for danger. Knowing more about the … [Read more...]
FEATURED BOOK: Nick by Sherman Lau
Genre: Childrens Adventure NICK is a modern Christmas story. The story of a boy named Martin, who always loses at sled races. Until one night, when he meets a mysterious magical friend, named Nick. His sled is given magical powers and his life is forever changed. He and friends embark on an incredible adventure with Nick that takes them to opposite ends of the world. They meet fantastical new friends, battle dangerous creatures and overcome treacherous traps. Along the way, he and Nick learn … [Read more...]
FEATURED BOOK: Speranza’s Sweater: One Child’s Journey Through Foster Care and Adoption by Marcy Pusey
Genre: Children's Kids deserve a safe place to live and grow and learn. For some kids, this means living with foster or adoptive parents. Speranza’s Sweater chronicles one child’s experience through the foster and adoptive system. Speranza wears her sweater everywhere, hanging onto the last memories of her birth home, until it’s threadbare. Like her unraveled sweater, Speranza must weave together a new story, bringing threads from her past and strands from her present, into a future … [Read more...]
FEATURED BOOK: The Pudgys in Paradise by Jim Strain
Genre: Children's - Humor Papa’s promotion propels the Pudgys into perilous, pulse-pounding predicaments in paradise. This merry, alliterative adventure takes the Pudgy family from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to Pogo Pogo in the South Pacific. Penned by the screenwriter whose film credits include “Jumanji” and “Summer of the Monkeys,” it’s packed with whimsical illustrations and portly protagonists. Link to buy book … [Read more...]
Adventures With Andy & Susie – A Stormy Weekend by Donna Hall
Targeted Age Group:: K through Grade 4 Put on your goggles and grab the flashlight - get ready to take a sailbus flight ! Join Andy in this Victorian Sci-Fi inspired tale, set in the far away hills of a family orchard. Armed with his flashlight, goggles and field clothes, a young explorer sets off for adventure. His curiosity is kindled by hydro-turbines, a steam-driven wheelchair, and a tidal-powered city where he attends school. Earth's endless clean power drives his intellect as the … [Read more...]
FEATURED BOOK: Ray: The Sewer Adventure by Davis Flecha
Genre: children's- adventure Ray and his friends decide to go to town for some sweets. Along the way, they are faced with obstacles, and must decide whether or not to sacrifice their own wants for others needs. Link to buy book … [Read more...]
Featured Book: Sam’s Top Secret Journal: We Spy by Sean Adelman
About Sam's Top Secret Journal: We Spy by Sean Adelman Sam's Top Secret Journal: We Spy will be $0.99 from 12/25/2015 through 12/31/2015. Join Sam as she embarks on her first big adventure in this middle-grade mystery full of fun, suspense...and just the right amount of spying! Sam is a middle school girl living a normal life-except when she is occasionally bullied for the differences kids perceive in her. Sam has Down syndrome. See how she and her brother John work together to find some … [Read more...]
Willakaville: Amazing Adventures of Astronomical Awesomeness by Mathew Heinecke
Targeted Age Group:: 7-13 Why is all the toilet paper disappearing? Will Kyle escape the banana warriors? Can Marty save everyone from the mushroom zombies? Find the answers inside Willakaville: Amazing Adventures of Astronomical Awesomeness. Follow intelligent children as they solve supernatural issues and find out about themselves along the way. The book is full to the brim with time machines, magic, mayhem, aliens, cats, mystery, secrets, strange lands, rockets, evil villains, … [Read more...]
FEATURED BOOK: The Perfect Christmas by Patricia L. Christian
Genre: Children' Book A Childrens Christmas Book titled “The Perfect Christmas” The three long-needled pine trees grew up together on a Christmas tree farm in North Carolina, nestled between the Elbow and Shoehorn mountains. All three dream of becoming beautiful Christmas trees. Marshall is a perfect tree: tall, well-shaped, and with beautiful branches. Barney and Butch aren't quite so lucky. Barney has a large bald spot in his branches. Butch is short and stocky. When Christmas comes, … [Read more...]
FEATURED BOOK: If I Were a Cow by Diane Elkins
Genre: Children's picture book What do you get when you cross the farmyard fun of Click Clack Moo with the important life lessons of Elmer? The answer is this delightful children's picture book with whimsical characters that will capture your child's imagination. When the cow goes on vacation, the pig sees his chance to fill in as the center of the farm, leaving behind his life of mud and slop. Soon many of the other animals follow suit, leaping at the chance to change their roles as … [Read more...]
