Tails of Sweetbrier by Deanie Humphrys-Dunne is an inspirational and true YA story. Deanie has cerebral palsy and her parents are told she will never be able to walk. But her father has other ideas and, after setting up Sweetbriers riding school, he sets about...

Teach Your Child to Fish: Five Money Habits Every Child Should Master by Holly D. Reid is a tool for parents to teach their children the value of money and how to make good financial decisions. She uses scripture quotes from the Bible to support...

The Lost Town: Bringing Back Trochenbrod by Avrom Bendavid-Val is the true story of a little town that went unnoticed. Trochenbrod was actually quite a big place, home to more than 5000 Jews. So how come it was never noticed? The town operated from within...

In a truly lovely story of the power of the human/animal connection, The Story of Figaro: The Story of My Real Black Stallion by author Laura Luszczek is a wonderful telling of a story that will, in turns, have readers laughing, crying, and with hearts...

The Magna Carta Story: The Layman's Guide by author Ann Marie Thomas is a well-researched history book. This is evidenced by the long list of references in the bibliography. The appendix contains a full translation of the Magna Carta from the British Library website. In...

Something I had never thought about before reading The Book of Bro: The Party Guide was to post house rules in a clearly visible location so that all attendees would have a set of expectations for behavior. That is just one of many pieces of...

The Productive Academic Writer: An Easy-To-Read Guide To Low-Stress Prolific Writing is a useful guide which addresses academic writing, an important issue of academics who are affected by a range of factors. In this book, Kasthurirangan Gopalakrishnan asserts that although productive writing is key to...

The Truth About Moral Issues by Don Blackwell is a book dedicated to help share advice and insight on the moral issues that face people - young and old - in this day and age. While mainly focusing on issues that youths tend to be...

In The Greatest Game on Earth, author Tammy Johnston and illustrator Janice Blaine follow two tracks, relating one to the other. In the first track, they describe ecosystems and how interdependent the various living components are. For example, a tree provides a home for birds...

The Wisdom of Folktales: Lessons on How to Live Happily Ever After by Steven Gregory is a mix of educational book and fairy tale collection. In between chapters about how fairy tales can be applied to our everyday lives and lessons we can learn from...