I believe one of the most important ingredients of a child’s book is an appealing and adorable character. In The Granted Wish, by J.S. Skye, that character is Flurry. This little bear is a mischievous bundle of curiosity who gets himself into all kinds of...

Ocean One: Only One Ocean, Only One Chance is an environmental science children’s storybook written by Eileen Clancy Biegel and illustrated by Sue Lynn Cotton. As a member of the U.S. Coast Guard, Biegel spent a year on Kure Atoll, which is the subject of...

The Book of Snow: Flurry the Bear, Book 4 is an epic fantasy novel for children and preteens written by J.S. Skye. Flurry was back safe and sound at home with his mommy and daddy in Middleasia, but the young teddy bear was tormented by...

Mc Inty’s Goats: A Quest to Save the Fairy Kingdom by Caoimhe Lawlor is the story of a young leprechaun who was a thousand years old and lived inside the hollow in a Great Elm Tree. He had lots of friends in the forest and...

Magic, or let’s use the classic spelling ‘magick’, is the thing that dreams are made of. And, for a child, everything seems magical, even the night sky. Dreams and wishes make magic come alive, for the vampire child who prefers cranberry juice to the little...

The Tiara Mystery by Karen Meyer is a children’s historical novel set in 1880s Dayton, Ohio. Young Claire Russell is heartbroken by the possible eviction of her family from their lovely home, which serves as a small boarding-house. With the assistance of dashing Orville Wright,...

The Gathering by John W. Milor is a Christian children’s adventure novel. It takes place in the primitive ancient world of Genesis and tells the story of five special chosen animals who are separated from the violent, cruel world of nature around them by a...

Axolotls & Tarantulas: Extreme Pets, Book 1 by J. R. Poulter and Jonas Sahlström is a fun and educational look at a couple critters one doesn’t encounter every day. While there, no doubt, are quite a few tarantula owners in America – I’ve even known...

Esme has been assigned a new job in Ms. Esme Undercover K-9: And The Missing Bone by L.A. Maldonado. This time her case is downtown and Esme hates going downtown, especially if it is an undercover case. Mr. Thorn thinks only Esme can handle the...

Wings in the Meadow: Marlie and Grayson's Explorations - Volume 1 by Idris K. Stokes opens with Grayson and her best friend Marlie going to the meadow for a butterfly hunt with Grayson’s mom. It is a beautiful spring day and the sun is shining...