Terri Schlichenmeyer

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Mom called you in a panic the other day. She'd lost her keys and by the time you arrived to help, she'd found them. In the refrigerator.

Fifty cents or a buck, whatever's the going rate for a cup of lukewarm liquid is at a neighborhood lemonade stand, you're usually happy to pay it.

Two thirds gone. That's a sad fact, isn't it? Two of your summer months are gone, and that means just one thing: you still have time to grab a new novel and sit in the shade — so how about one of these great tales….

Mom called you in a panic the other day.

Healthy, wealthy, and wise.

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Kids Books on Loss by various authors and illustrators; © 2026, various publishers; various page counts.

Make yourself as small as possible and don’t say a word. Don’t even sneeze, but when the time is right, be ready to jump and run. Run, zig-zag, crouched and quiet and don’t stop. As in “Daily Life Along the Underground Railroad” by Cassandra Newby-Alexander, it’s not easy but people did it every day for decades.

These three books can help with the aging process. Terri Schlichenmeyer/The Bookworm Sez