Dear Friends,

February is Black History Month and brings several excellent excuses to partake of life’s best things: celebrations of love, civil rights achievements, and Nutella day. Raising a happy and confident child in this big world is the most difficult job for a parent, so it is important to encourage and empower them to be brave and confident. Love is the best and most beautiful thing in this world that cannot be seen or touched but just felt in the heart. It is important to tell them that they are always loved and have the capability to make this world a better place to live for all.
We dedicated this month’s edition to Black history and incorporated books, articles, games, and activities that promote love, diversity, and inclusion. I hope you all will like it, and please share your feedback at kidliomag@gmail.com

Love & Peace
Happy Reading!

A happy shark? You will need to see to believe that our friend Spark is the happiest shark who makes the best friend you could ever have!

A fun easy read for young toddlers and children with lots of rhyming and colorful illustrations sure to grab a young readers attention! Fun for parents to rhyme and read to their children. This book is the perfect fit for any animal loving kid and they are sure to love our friend Spark after reading about how fun and happy he is.

Ten-year-old Molly has always loved having a sister, but sisters are supposed to live together, right? Molly certainly thinks so. Unfortunately, her older half-sister Alison lives on a whole other continent. Their video chats are great, and Molly is thrilled when Alison’s hand-written letters arrive in the mail like surprise gifts. Still, it’s not enough, not compared to what other siblings have. That’s why when Molly finds out that Alison is finally coming to visit over the summer, she devises a plan she’s sure will get her sister to stay. But then Alison arrives with plans of her own, a fragile heart gets broken, and Molly stumbles upon a painful piece of her sister’s past. Molly has always loved having a sister, but this is the August when she’ll learn what it really means to be one.

Ever since I can remember, I’ve loved stories. “Tell me about the olden days,” I used to say to my mom, meaning, “What was it like when you were a kid?” “Tell me again how I’d climb onto your lap when I was a baby to eat your ice cream,” I’d insist to my dad. I even liked the stories about the boogieman my big sister made to scare me. My favorite toys were dolls and my favorite games involved playing pretend, which is really just another form of storytelling. And of course I loved being read to. Where the Wild Things Are. Harry the Dirty Dog. Harold and the Purple Crayon. Once, in kindergarten, I read a book aloud to my class. “She’s just making it up,” I heard one boy say to another. He was right that I couldn’t read yet, but I hadn’t made up a single word. I simply knew the book by heart because I’d had my mother read it to me so many times. I don’t remember what book it was, but I do remember it rhymed horse with of course. That was something else I was beginning to love: how words sounded when you put them next to each other in different combinations.

Fishy, fishy has so much to do! Will little fishy be able to get it all done? Follow along with little fishy as it finds some food, plays with friends, and sings along to a happy tune.

Join Wynter and her faithful puppy Winnie as they go on fun adventures together. Meet their funny friends and family and learn new cool new things along the way. On this adventure Wynter and Winnie go to their first swim class. They learn all of the things they need to prepare them for class and meet new friends along the way.

Once upon a kitchen, the Fridgers chilled on one side.
The Cupboard Crew loafed about on the other.

The kitchen may look like a peaceful place, but there was never more division than between the Fridgers and the Cupboard Crew. The Fridgers could be a little too cool. The Cupboard Crew—well, they often got stale. It was clear that the two should never mix. But that was until Peanut Butter (PB, for short) met Jelly. When Jelly finds herself in a sticky situation, it’s Peanut Butter to the rescue. And the result is the best friendship since sliced bread.

Templeton Academy- the superhero high school is finally open!
The prestigious academy is recruiting the best of the best to enroll in its student body.
The school is as mysterious as it is exclusive.
Grady Whill thinks there is nothing special about him to make the grade.
However, his best friend, Aarush Patel has been selected and thinks Grady has the right stuff.
Even school bully Elwood Bledsoe is attending.
If Grady is fortunate enough to be picked, his guardian has forbidden him to attend.
Will a family secret prevent Grady from becoming the superhero he was destined to be?

In society, stereotypes are everywhere. Boys can be this, and girls can be that, but not often are they one in the same. Follow Matt and Anne as they work together to find out it’s okay to be who they are, even if it’s not considered the “norm”. At the end of the day, the most important thing is to be true to yourself and love who you are!

I started out as a social studies teacher over forty years ago. I left teaching to found and become the CEO of a large ground transportation company, as well as the author of over 70 books. I write in all genres and have two pen names. During the pandemic, I studied to be a medium and have been mentored by some of the greats in that field.