The chickadee: a bird so small it fits into a child’s hands; a birdfeeder resident twelve months a year; and a songster with a “fee-bee and a buzzy chicka-dee-dee-dee.” Using rhyming short phrases, Bill O. Smith and Charles R.... Read More

Beginning with “Once upon a time” and featuring elements of fantasy―magic and talking animals―"The Magic Spoon" is a modern-day fairytale. Beautifully illustrated characters enhance the simple story and will delight children... Read More

Most of the people who served during wartime didn’t fight at the front. A very small percentage actually saw ‘the sharp end,’ combat. Even fewer survived it. Most of them probably couldn’t talk about it, when they got home.... Read More

It’s a fact. Two of Arizona’s creepiest creatures, the Gila monster and the tarantula, are shy: the largest lizard in the state is venomous but spends most of its life burrowing underground during the day and coming out at night to... Read More

Imagine a Children’s Picture Book about turkeys and not a single mention of Thanksgiving! "Gobble Gobble" by author and illustrator Cathryn Falwell presents a factual and beautifully detailed book describing mostly North America’s... Read More

The fiction shelves burgeon with end-of-the-world scenarios, with stories of what happens when humanity must begin anew. The Tribe of Tsulib: A Story of Survival, by Helen Quinn, is one such story. “We are all destined for... Read More

On the Island of Blue, a sneeze erupts and a pleasing tale of rhythm and rhyme unfolds. "Achoo!" is the title of the book. It’s also the startling noise heard in a place where healthy monkeys live happily swinging among blue trees with... Read More

With the title as the first line, thus begins a superb story of a family of foxes who discuss the dangers of sexual abuse. Parents and caretakers will find teachable moments to use as a warning to their children—not only about... Read More