As the holidays get closer, Ember the dragon zooms across the land delivering cookies to everyone. But when a snowy storm blows him off track, Ember slips down a giant’s chimney and meets his toughest customer yet.

The mice who live happily under the floorboards are surprised when new visitors arrive… humans...

Over the course of a year, a young child and their dog visit the river with Grandpa to watch the kingfishers. As spring warms into summer and autumn drifts into winter, they see the kingfishers build a nest, raise their babies, and learn to fly.

Errol loves taking care of plants, even though he doesn’t have a real garden of his own. His home is filled with leafy, colorful greenery, but he dreams of having an outdoor space where he can grow even more.

When Isaac’s parents move home for a new job, the boy makes a friend on a whole new world.

The Crayons are getting ready to go back to school, and each crayon has a subject they’re looking forward to the most. They’re also ready to meet new friends . . . and let loose during their very favorite time of day: art class.

When Green Crayon claims that green is the only color for Christmas, the other Crayons let him know that there would be no Christmas without them either. No candy canes or Santa without Red, no snow without White, no bells or stars without Silver, and no cookies or reindeer without Tan! The Crayons agree that they all need to come together to make Christmas special.

RIF's 60th Anniversary Highlighted Book for 2025. When will I find you? Where could you be? What will it take? To see an owl.

RIF Summer Camp: Artistic Avenues Badge. Uh oh, something went wrong with the painting! But this artist has a secret: mistakes can turn into something amazing. Can you guess what she makes out of her smudges and messy marks?

"On rainy Sunday mornings when Mama pulls out her tall, dark soup pot with tiny white spots, we know...

How do you tell your family that you love them? For Hana, love is all around her: Mom stirs love...

Julianna Reese Villarreal wrote Kylo Finds a Friend at age 11.

Wolf Cub Chlo wrote Once a Pun a Time: A Guide to Reading and Telling Jokes for Kids at age 6.

It's My Birthday... Finally! A Leap Year Story is a story about a boy named Miles who born on...

Aunt Pearl arrives one day pushing a shopping cart full of her worldly goods. Her sister Rose has...

When a hungry alligator moves to their town, the residents want him out . . . until they get to know...

When relief workers bring used clothing to the refugee camp, everyone scrambles to grab whatever...

Girls cannot be drummers. Long ago on an island filled with music, no one questioned that rule—until...

RIF's 60th Anniversary Highlighted Book for 2023. This hot dog has had enough of summer in the city! Enough of sizzling sidewalks, enough of wailing sirens, enough of people's feet right in his face. When he finally plops down in the middle of a crosswalk, his owner sets out to find him the fresh air he needs. Will a trip to the beach give this exhausted pup exactly what he needs?

When the sun sets, Dad’s job as a school custodian is just beginning. What is it like to work on a...

A wild wind blows on the tippy-top of a steep hill, turning everything upside down for the man who...

RIF's 60th Anniversary Highlighted Book for 2021. A young girl notices that her eyes look different from the other kids at school, but when she sees that her eyes are just like her mother's, her grandmother's, and her little sister's, she begins to see the beauty and stories they carry. Drawn from the strength of the women in her family, she discovers a path to loving herself just as she is. What do your eyes tell the world about who you are?

If you could have any ocean animal's superpower, whose would you choose?

What if you woke up one...

A red squirrel stows away on a canoe to fulfill his dream of joining a group of voyageurs--men who...