Reviews written by Olivia Farr, Assistant Blog Manager & Staff Reviewer

A HORSE CALLED NOW is a picture book about calming worries and anxieties. Now always seems calm to the other animals, and as they approach with their fears and concerns of others, Now reassures them that all is okay for now. When a storm rolls in, she leads them into...

MAISY GOES TO THE EYE DOCTOR is a great picture book that teaches children about the experience of going to the optometrist. The story follows Maisy and her friend, Ella, who seems to be having trouble seeing. They go to the eye doctor and take turns for their checkups. Both...

HUSH, LITTLE DOZER is a sweet bedtime board book that will work well for construction fans. The story features a rhyming poem of construction trucks working together at the end of the day. When they are done at the end of the story, they are able to rest and go...

ALL THE ANIMALS WERE SLEEPING is a lovely picture book that works well for bedtime. A small mongoose realizes it is bedtime and begins to head home. He passes by all sorts of animals in the Serengeti on his way, and all the animals are sleeping. Once he gets to...

LET'S GO HOME, BABY TIGER is a delightfully interactive board book. Each page spread features objects and animals to find amidst the scene on the opposite page with a track for children to bring the baby animal home. The back includes a QR code to the audiobook for children who...

LET'S GO HOME, BABY SHARK is an interactive board book. Each page spread includes images of creatures and plants for children to find on the page with a track of an animal that needs to head home. The four pages feature a shark, crab, octopus, and puffin. A QR code...

AMBER BROWN IS NOT A CRAYON: THE GRAPHIC NOVEL is an engaging and approachable look at tough topics around a friend moving away, teasing, and divorce. Amber Brown hates when other kids tease her for having a name like a crayon, but she has come to appreciate her name over...

FIVE LITTLE SPECKLED FROGS is a push-pull-slide board book of a countdown song. Each page features something children can do to interact with the book, such as turning a wheel or a pull-out extension. A QR code on the back provides a link to the song in case caregivers would...

ATTACHED AT THE HIP is a delightful comedic YA contemporary about finding your path, competition, and falling in love. After getting lectured by her sister for being codependent and not taking charge of her own life, Orrie decides to apply for a spot on a new season of Survivor. Having...

THIS NIGHT IS OURS is a consuming and unputdownable YA contemporary romance. Brandy is eighteen and has recently finished high school. She loves art and dreams of going to art school, but her life has been set since she was a toddler and mentioned that she wanted to be like...

THE DANGEROUS ONES is an intriguing YA historical fantasy. The story is told from alternating perspectives of Jerusalem and Alexei during the Civil War. Jerusalem is a saint, someone with special super-human-like skills. She fled the plantation where she had been enslaved after they killed the rest of her family,...

SWEET NIGHTMARE is an intriguing spin-off of the CRAVE series. The story follows Clementine, a manticore who has never been able to experience her powers due to the fact that she has always lived on the island of Calder Academy. Calder is a place where magical beings come when they...

WAITING FOR THE STARS is a sweet picture book about anticipation, friendship, and stargazing. Mouse and her friends, Owl, Firefly, and Squirrel are staying awake at night to see the stars, but the wait feels so very long. Mouse is so excited, but with Owl's long story and the soothing...

HOW IT WORKS: SHARK is a clever board book that teaches about sharks in an approachable way. The book peels back a shark layer by layer as it explains some key facts about sharks, the way they move, cool features, how they breathe, and more. ...

A HAPPY PLACE is a lovely die-cut peek-through book that takes children on an adventure into the night. The story invites children to come along into the night where they observe several animals who then slowly leave before the child in the story also goes home and to sleep. ...