Kristi Valiant

Penguins are dancing in their cove, and a young girl is determined to join in the fun.

"After Dad tucks nine little bunnies into bed, the whole house is quiet--and Dad can finally get some sleep! But when one little bunny sneaks into his room and requests a just-you-and-me bedtime cuddle, the house is soon filled with spins, squeezes, flops, and pops! This sweet and funny bedtime book shows just how special a bedtime routine can be!"--

When a mother is diagnosed with breast cancer, she and her family plant a garden and watch it grow through the seasons as she undergoes treatments and gets better.

Cecilia Galante, the author of The Patron Saint of Butterflies, makes her Stepping Stones debut with a sweet series about a lovable curly-haired cupid.
Most cupids have soft straight hair, rosy cheeks, and silky white wings. Not Willa Bean! She has a crazy mess of hair, a million-bajillion freckles, and bright purple wings with silver tips. And lately those bright purple wings with silver tips have been giving Willa Bean an awful lot of...

Cecilia Galante's sweet series about a lovable curly-haired cupid soars on in book #4.
Every cupid has a one-of-a-kind flying friend, right? Wrong! Willa Bean has Snooze, an owl, but the new girl in school, Lucy, has an owl, too! And Lucy's owl is bigger, and maybe even smarter, than Snooze. What if Mr. Wingston overshadows Snooze at Noble Nimbus Day? Nope, nope, nope-ity nope. Willa Bean has to make sure Snooze is the best owl at Cupid Academy!...

Nelly and her beagle Bagel set out on a tour of their home, New York City, in search of the "Big Apple."

"Poppy and her dog Baguette set out on a tour of their home, Paris, France, in search of the brightest light in the 'City of Light.'" --