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Today (April 28th) is National Superhero Day ! I happen to be a big fan of comic book superheroes.  (Batman is my favorite.)  But there are ...

Whether you call it a chickpea or a garbanzo bean you should celebrate it today because today (April 21st 2026) is National Chickpea Day.   ...

Today (April 9th 2026) is National Unicorn Day .  I like unicorn stories.  Especially the ones where the unicorns are not passive gentle cre...

Today (March 17th 2026) is Saint Patrick's Day!  They say everyone is Irish on Saint Patrick's Day.  Well, I hope everyone likes cor...

Today (March 1st 2026) is National Pig Day !  If you are not already a pig fan, you should be.  They are cute (especially the baby ones) and...

Today (February 28th) is National Tooth Fairy Day !  If you are not prepared for it, don't worry. The tooth fairy gets another national ...

World Pangolin Day is celebrated on the third Saturday in February, making today (February 21st) World Pangolin Day !   Want to learn more a...

Today (February 15th 2026) is World Hippo Day !  Please celebrate responsibly.  Do not try to pet a hippo.  That just isn't safe.    Bel...

  Robot Island by Cary Fagan After his parents die, Willis lives with his unfriendly uncle Tod in a house turned book store filled with use...

Today (February 10th) is National Umbrella Day .  It doesn't having to be raining to enjoy National Umbrella Day.  But whatever you do t...

Today (January 31st 2026) is International Zebra Day ! How do you celebrate International Zebra Day?  You can dress like a zebra, go visit o...

  Death on the Danube by Jennifer S. Alderson Lana lost her job, got divorced, and is having trouble paying her rent.  Then she has a chanc...

  One Night At Kedasi by Ashton Macaulay Zip Turbine and her shipmate Tom, a five foot tall shrimp, are offered a job retrieving a large di...

  The Great Gilly Hopkins by Katherine Paterson Gilly has been bounced from foster home to foster home.  She does not like any of them and ...

  An Aspiration To Lie Flat by Stanton Fenwick All Terrence wants is to be left alone.  What he gets is 50 million dollars he can't ref...

  The Three-Berry Academy by Joseph Helgerson Quiet Quickthorn, the teacher at the Three-Berry Academy, needs to get her river troll studen...

  Legend of the Narwhals by Robert Skead When Prince Asgar's mother disappears he decides to go looking for her.  Joining him are his b...

 Today (April 14th 2025) is National Dolphin Day !  How do you plan to celebrate?  Donate to a charity to save the dolphins, find someplace ...

Freaky starring Vince Vaughn and Kathryn Newton An Aztec curse causes a teenaged girl to switch minds with a serial killer. So, switched bo...

  The Wild Robot by Peter Brown Roz, the robot, wakes up on an island with no humans, or other robots.  She is not programmed to survive in ...

Today (February 28, 2025) is National Pancake Day .  Who doesn't like pancakes?  Pancakes, like muffins, are an excuse to eat cake for b...

 Today (February 27th 2025) is International Polar Bear Day ! I hope that we will be able to celebrate next year as well.  And many years to...

  I tend to get obsessed with things.  I download something on my phone and it is everything for a while.  My latest obsession is Treat.  It...

Today (January 21st 2025) is National Squirrel Appreciation Day !  Now, not everyone appreciates these little guys.  My mother for one.  The...

 Amorphous Breaking the Mold by Steven Burgess In the near future, an eclectic group of friends finds themselves in the center of an alien ...