"Listen to me, son, after you hit rock bottom, everywhere you look appears as if your entire world is all gone. You get the feeling you have nowhere to go, your will to live becomes almost non-existent, but the one thing you still have is...

In Squire With Fire by Joseph Cassis, Mac is intrigued by the unusual gold ring on his grandfather's finger and wants to know where it originated from. His grandfather begins to tell him that the ring has been handed down through the generations for 600...

A Hare's Tale Origins Story - The World Wheel by Rob Auty is the story of a quest by a group of brave animals. The world has become a cold place and every living creature has to move south to survive. It is said there...

Neat Freaks by John Arvai III is an illustrated story in rhyme. It tells what happens when children go to bed at night and don’t clean up after themselves. As this story explains, the Neat Freaks that live in the couch cushions come out to...

Persephone, by Simon Spence, is the Greek myth that explains why planet Earth has seasons. Persephone was the daughter of Demeter (the goddess of the harvest) and Zeus, king of the gods. Hades, the god of the underworld, saw Persephone picking flowers and decided he...

“Why do you weep, little willow?” It’s a sad question to start a story. But, weeping is not all about sorrow. We weep for so many reasons; happiness, sadness, joy and sorrow, lost and found. And the weeping willow, right down to its core and...

Mama Kangaroo Nursery Rhymes for Modern Times, by Cassandra Lennox, is a 44-page-long children’s picture book that mimics the nursery rhymes I grew up with but are set more for today's youngsters. The rhymes are positive, bright, and often funny. The pictures are colorful with...

In Eli: Pride of the Yazoo River by Daniel E Brown, the folks of Sartartia, which is 34 miles northwest of Jackson Mississippi, have been trying to catch Eli, a legendary catfish, for about 20 years. Eli is strong. Eli is fast. Eli is cunning....

Loukas and the Game of Chance is written by Anthony L. Manna. A boy named Loukas was able to befriend a seemingly magical snake through his musical gift of playing the flute. His life and that of his family started to change since the snake...

Affirmation Alphabet: Empowering Words for Growing Minds by Sarah Loy is a sweet and simple children's book that goes through the full alphabet, using encouraging adjectives that start with each letter. The book reads like a parent speaking to their child and contains expressions of...