Cotton and the Shadow of Memory Creek is a children’s picture book by Carolyn Christian. It tells the story of some barn animals who get pulled into an unexpected adventure. Cotton, a nosy little cat, slips out of the barn after dark. She takes a...

Sand Rabbits Rest and Be Thankful by James Gerard is a children’s storybook that follows Professor Swift as he drives along a route called Rest and Be Thankful during a snowstorm. The professor is tired, sleepy, and unsure where he is, but through his window,...

The Wishkeeper’s Daughter by Michele Ashman Bell starts with a loss. Twelve-year-old Pippa Rowe loses her mother and finds herself alone in the world. It is then that the mirror in her bedroom begins to glow and speak her name, pulling her into Wishmoor Academy,...

In The Twilight Walker by Nic Minnella, eleven-year-old Finn Garcia is on a camping trip with his family and his magical guardian cat, Pepper. They’re joined by their friend Maya and her family, the Cedars, but they’re not happy campers. His parents keep arguing, and...

Catherine Ann Russell’s The Chosen Path gives us a front-row seat to an emotional ride with the main character, Princess Journee. She unintentionally disrupts her kingdom’s traditions, and her only real way to fix things is by tackling a difficult trial to earn her royal...

Lacy and Ivy Find New Wonders by Brenda Strand and Colleen M Bratley introduces young readers to two hardworking winter fairies who make the season magical by sculpting unique icicles and creating beautiful snowflakes. While Lacy and Ivy get a huge kick out of watching...

In Larry Good and Meredith Good’s The Tree of Ticket Leaves, Meri misses a voyage to England when sudden illness keeps her behind in Virginia. The next morning, she sees a battered tackling dummy stand up and walk away from the football field where he...

In Douglas D. Meredith’s Food, the fourth Generation Mars novel, an artificial general intelligence named Athenai stops a nuclear war by destroying Earth’s electronics and surrounding the planet with lethal orbital debris. Luna is cut off from resupply, leaving twelve-year-old Keiron Byrne trapped at Metzger...

Riley loved unicorns like many kids her age. Her love for unicorns was evident in the numerous toys and unicorn posters in her room. Riley ate unicorn cupcakes and even had unicorn underwear. Of all the people who love unicorns, Riley was special because the...

The Big Switch: Varney and Cedric by Lynn Slaughter is a remarkable novel for children. We meet Varney and Cedric, two teenagers, both misfits, unhappy with their lives. Varney is a born-and-bred vampire, but he hates how blood tastes, dislikes his mum’s cobweb cookies, and...