Genres: Children's fiction
Formats: E-Book, Paperback
Age Groups: 2-5, 5-8

Turn holiday storytime into a joyful way to build your child’s confidence with counting, adding, and subtracting! Santa’s reindeer are on their way! The critters of the snowy forest are busy collecting berries, acorns, and other festive treats to welcome their magical guests. As the reindeer arrive, they nibble, romp, and leave behind a Christmas surprise. Playful rhymes and whimsical illustrations invite children to count and solve simple addition and subtraction problems alongside their animal friends. Perfect for children ages 3–6, this book is sure to become a holiday favorite year after year. Math has never been merrier!

Genres: Children's fiction
Formats: E-Book, Paperback
Age Groups: 2-5, 5-8

A Rhyming Addition and Subtraction Adventure that Makes Math Fun Help your child master essential early math skills of counting, adding, and taking away. In this delightful picture book, playful animals invite children to join them on a rhyming romp filled with simple addition and subtraction stories. From dogs chasing tennis balls to a hungry spider capturing flies in her web, each page highlights an animal friend encountering math challenges perfectly suited for young learners. Whether they're helping Sammy the squirrel tally his acorn stash or counting the bottle caps in Ramona Raccoon's trash treasure, children will be giggling and practicing math without even realizing it! Additional tips and activities to help caregivers nurture their child's math skills are included in the back of the book. Give your little one a head start on their academic journey today!

Genres: Children's fiction, Young Adult (YA)
Age Groups: 8-11, 12-15

Growing up means making tough choices— and learning to live with them. When Sofia is offered the chance to ride the carriage trails of Acadia National Park with Sundance, it feels like a dream come true. That joy falters when she realizes she must choose which friend to bring—knowing the wrong choice could cost her a friendship. As pressure builds, Sofia finds herself pulled in too many directions. Friendships feel fragile, expectations pile up, and figuring out what kind of relationship she wants with her father brings more questions than answers—about trust, forgiveness, and what she truly wants. Sofia must decide whether to keep trying to make everyone else happy—or trust herself enough to choose what feels right, even if it means disappointing someone she loves. Sofia’s Choice is a thoughtful middle-grade novel about friendship, family, and the courage it takes to choose for yourself when the path forward isn’t...

Genres: Children's fiction, Young Adult (YA)
Formats: E-Book, Paperback, Hardback
Age Groups: 8-11, 12-15

Emily Edwards knows when something is wrong— and she refuses to look away. After a week at horse camp making friends and bonding with her favorite horse, Calypso, Emily should be riding home on a high. Instead, she can’t shake a growing sense of worry. What will happen to the fiery chestnut when the summer ends? The thought of Calypso being sent somewhere unknown feels wrong, and Emily can’t ignore it. While others seem ready to trust that everything will work out, Emily refuses to stand by and do nothing when a horse she loves might be in danger. At home, Emily already carries more than most kids her age. Her father’s worsening illness and the tension of living in a crowded household leave little room for risky ideas—or big hopes. Certain her plans will be shut down before she can explain them, Emily keeps her worries to herself, working...

Genres: Children's fiction, Young Adult (YA)
Formats: E-Book, Paperback, Hardback, Large print
Age Groups: 8-11, 12-15

Some losses leave you without words. Sometimes, kindness helps you find your voice. Twelve-year-old Malachi often feels isolated. His stutter makes words hard to form and friendships hard to begin, leaving him most at ease with his loyal dog, Sunny—who understands him without words. When Sunny is gone, Mal is left alone with a grief he doesn’t know how to express. Overwhelmed with sorrow, Mal wanders alone, unsure where he’s headed. Hearing a horse’s whinnies nearby, he follows the sound to a pasture, where he discovers a pregnant mare confined without food or water. Convinced Sunny has somehow led him to her, Mal commits to keeping the horse safe until her foal is born. When Mal trusts a classmate with his secret, he takes a risk that feels far more dangerous than speaking out loud. But as a cautious friendship begins to grow, caring for the mare and her newborn...

Genres: Children's fiction, Young Adult (YA)
Formats: E-Book, Paperback, Hardback
Age Groups: 8-11, 12-15

Emily Edwards knows everything there is to know about horses. There’s just one problem—she’s never ridden one. Twelve-year-old Emily has spent years preparing for her equestrian future. She’s devoured horse books, memorized riding techniques, and watched more how-to videos than she can count. When she wins an essay contest and earns a scholarship to a week of horse camp, she knows it’s the moment she’s been waiting for. At camp, Emily is eager to shine. But the no-nonsense head instructor isn’t impressed by how much Emily knows—only by what she can do in the saddle. As Emily struggles to turn book knowledge into real-life skills, she begins to realize that becoming an equestrian extraordinaire will require more than knowing the right answers. Determined to make a friend, Emily soon discovers that fitting in is harder than she imagined—and finding her place might be her biggest challenge yet. Emily Edwards Equestrian...

Genres: Children's fiction, Young Adult (YA)
Formats: E-Book, Paperback, Hardback
Age Groups: 8-11, 12-15

All Sofia wants for Christmas is a horse. What she needs is warmth, belonging, and a family that can heal. When her mother runs out of ways to keep their trailer warm, nine-year-old Sofia Ruiz is sent away to spend the holiday with a grandmother she barely knows. The silence between the adults in her life goes unexplained, and Sofia has learned not to ask questions she can’t bear the answers to. Sofia’s unease turns to cautious wonder when she discovers a horse in her grandmother’s old barn. Taking on daily chores and learning to keep going—even when things feel uncertain—gives Sofia something steady to hold onto. But as Sofia starts to feel at home, old hurts resurface. The adults she loves are trapped in the past, and Sofia is caught in the middle—wanting peace, fearing loss, and discovering that some wishes come with impossible choices. Sofia’s Surprise is a...

Genres: Children's fiction, Young Adult (YA)
Formats: E-Book, Paperback
Age Groups: 8-11, 12-15

Being reunited with Sundance should feel like a happy ending. Instead, it tests trust in ways Sofia never expected. When an accident shakes Sundance’s confidence, Sofia is forced to confront what trust really means. Rebuilding it with her horse takes patience, humility, and courage—but trust proves fragile elsewhere, too. Friendships grow complicated, standing up for herself feels risky, and at home, unspoken fears and half-truths leave Sofia wondering how much honesty is safe. Sofia’s world shifts again when a letter tied to her estranged father arrives, raising questions she’s never dared to ask. Afraid of what the truth might cost, Sofia keeps the letter to herself, torn between protecting the life she’s worked so hard to build and uncovering a past that still has the power to hurt her. As trust is tested with her horse, her friends, and her family, Sofia must decide who is worthy of her trust—and...

Genres: Children's fiction, Young Adult (YA)
Formats: E-Book, Paperback, Hardback
Age Groups: 8-11, 12-15

Sofia finally has the one thing she’s always wanted—a horse of her own. But just weeks before her eleventh birthday, her life is torn apart. When her mother abruptly tells her to pack, Sofia is forced to leave her horse behind. She’s sent to live far from everything she knows, leaving her uprooted—lonely, anxious, and aching for the home she was just beginning to trust. While exploring on her own, Sofia discovers the neighbor’s miniature horses and follows her curiosity where it leads. With encouragement from a new friend, she helps revive the Mini Whinnies Horse Club. Along the way, Sofia connects with Olivia, quick-tempered and determined, and her twin brother Ryan, who is afraid of horses. As Sofia’s bond with her new friends grows, so does the pull of the life she left behind. Torn between where she was and where she is, Sofia must face a difficult question:...