Santaville was a snug village that nestled in the hollow of a hill. That night the North Star twinkled. There were sounds of joy and laughter everywhere and the piles of gifts and toys just kept increasing as Santa's workers and helpers crowded around every...

Traveling Tessa is an adventure fantasy novel for children and preteens written and illustrated by Carrie Crawford Martinelli. Tessa was so excited that autumn had finally arrived. She had been counting the days, almost wishing that they would fly by more quickly. Tessa and her...

Did you know that there is something very magical and enchanted about an oak tree? It’s perhaps one of the oldest living trees in the forest and there are lots of stories that circulate about this tree. The one in the secret garden is over...

The Adventures of Woodsboy by Cindy Hennig is a charming, fun, and instructive concept story for children. A baby boy is found by Father Eagle in a Florida wood and he takes the young child back to the nest. He and Mother Eagle name him...

Given the enthusiasm for and the celebration of the life of a lesser-known member of the “Founding Fathers” in the U.S. over the past five years, The Lost Diary of Alexander Hamilton by Sophie Schiller has come at a most propitious time. Yes, this is...

When ten-year-old Amy’s dad gets seriously sick and is hospitalized, she moves in with her grandmother on the same farm that her father grew up on. Scared to lose the only parent she has, Amy desperately wants to find a way to cure him. At...

Bob Crane flies to Columbia National Refuge in Washington State every year, along with six thousand other cranes. Families who live in Othello have a Sandhill Crane Festival to celebrate their arrival. Many spectators visit the area to view the amazing sight. This year was...

The Proto Project: A Sci-Fi Adventure of the Mind by Bryan R. Johnson is a fun action-adventure story. Jason’s mom works for a high-tech company, and one day his school takes a tour. From then on, it’s one action-packed scene after another. It’s a clean...

Beatrice’s grandmother, her guardian, is gravely sick and might not recover. Haunted by her own dark shadow and scared to think where her life might go if her grandmother dies, Beatrice goes about her chores with a numbness that is so unlike her. She desperately...

Teena and Deena: Hide and Seek is a children’s animal picture book written by CC Strachan and illustrated by Christina Rudenko. Teena wants to teach her little sister, Deena, how to be a whiz at playing hide and seek. She doesn’t think Deena has any...