Skating with the World by Joanne Vassallo Jamrosz is an interesting collection of stories of past Olympians in the world of ice skating. The author takes us from contenders and winners in the 1970s through the past Winter Olympics in 2010. We hear about the...

Cars Are For Driving by Wilma Fleming is a short children's book which introduces young readers to the concepts of driving a motor vehicle and motor vehicle safety information. Children are naturally drawn to the concept of driving a vehicle as most will come into...

How Fast Does it Go? (The Speed of Things): The Speed of 20 Types of Transport from Tricycles to Cars to Space Ships by Lilley Light is a charismatic children's pictorial book that is chock full of intriguing information, facts, and pictures of vehicles and...

Can you view a photo album with no humans in it and still like it? That is exactly what author Meg Lambourne makes you do, in the book Nature's Patterns: Lines and Spots and Spirals, Oh My! This book takes the natural world around us...

King of the Mountain by P.J. Dunn introduces readers to the Battle of Kings Mountain on October 7, 1780 in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina. The novel also introduces readers to the actual account of Major Patrick Ferguson who commanded the British Loyalist...

Who is Marcus Garvey? Some people who have studied civil rights would know. Others who are from Jamaica would also know. If you were around in the 1920s and ‘30s, there’s a strong chance you would have heard of Mr. Garvey. I had no idea...

The profoundly simple and touching message of When I’m With Jesus by Kimberly Rae and illustrated by Phyllis Keels is a special gift for those who have someone who has gone to Heaven. The author has created a multi reading level book which has larger...

The ABC’s of Oklahoma Plants by Sara Barnard is a definitive collection of plants that are native to the state of Oklahoma. Sara spreads her botanical knowledge of Oklahoma’s greenery in alphabetical order in an informative and interesting way. Whether one is looking for a...

Texas is more than just bluebonnets and bluebonnets are more than just blue. Sara Barnard invites the reader to waltz across Texas from Anderson to Zavala and El Paso to Wilbarger in The ABC’s of Texas Plants. The book is laid out describing species and...

Presenting: It’s Time to Share! is Terri Kelley’s last book in the Writing as a Process series. In this book, Kelley summarizes the whole process, beginning with brainstorming then the rough draft. After the rough draft, the editing occurs; then the writer and others meet...