Little Bitty Octopus by J.R. Poulter is a fun, rhyming children's book about a young octopus named Little Bitty Octopus. He had always been a good octopus, and had never done anything bad. He wondered if he could do something bad. He stared at the...

The Sea Cat Dreams by J.R. Poulter is a beautifully written, heartwarming children's book that follows a sailor's cat as he looks back on his life. The cat had not been born a sailor's cat; instead he was born on a farm, but one day...

There’s nothing like rhyming verse and colorful illustrations to attract a young reader’s attention. And the topic of differences and similarities is something very appropriate for young readers. Children are always comparing, looking for what’s the same between people, between animals, and what’s different. So,...

On Common Ground is the last book in Rebecca Bryn’s trilogy, For Their Country’s Good, and the scene changes dramatically for Ella and Jem, and Harry Cartwright, Ella’s husband under English law. Ella reaches Van Diemen’s Land, hoping to find Jem, but as a convict....

Hugs are important. They offer comfort, reassurance and compassion. But listening is also important, especially when listening includes instructions and rules. Sam and his sister have a problem with instructions. Their mother instructs them to stay out of the mulberry tree, but the berries are...

In an isolated area of the country, far away from society in general, live two groups that long ago used to be one, Wolfhaven and Silver Ridge. Over in Silver Ridge, they detest their human side and avoid shifting into it, staying in wolf...

The Bird is the Word: Tweet Your Way to the Top with Twitter and Sell Books More "Cheep-ly" by author Leilani Anastasia is a brief book on the ins and outs of garnering a larger following as a self-published author in the world that most...

The Space Colonel’s Woman: Dragonus Chronicles I by Jay Shaw portrays rescue pilot Julia Swift’s amazed delight when the hero of her favorite television drama materializes before her. She quickly discovers Mark Holden is a real person from an alternative reality and has amazing sex...

Warrior Lover: Battling the Combat PTSD Relationship (The "Warrior" Series Book 1) by Leilani Anastasia is a self-help guide for women and men who are in relationships with military veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, usually referred to as PTSD. In her book, Anastasia examines...

Warrior Lost: Veteran Suicide and The Combat PTSD Monster is Book 5 in the "Warrior" Series by Leilani Anastasia. Suicide is a tragedy affecting too many of our active duty and veteran military members and their families. Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) following combat operations is...

You Can’t Fix Crazy: 41 Traits of a Psycho Bitch - EXPLAINED! by Leilani Anastasia is not just a tongue-in-cheek look at women in dating relationships, but a serious yet humorous look at why women are crazy. Anastasia says that all women are crazy in...

I Know It in My Heart: Walking Through Grief with a Child by Mary E. Plouffe Ph.D. is a powerful, heart wrenching memoir that takes a visceral, somewhat clinical look at loss, grief, and healing, the journey of a woman and a child through devastating...

Sing It for Me by John Lawton Jeffcoat, Jr. is a splendid composition of lyrics, poems, and words that will inspire readers profoundly, an interesting compendium featuring lyrics that touch on a diversity of themes; some read like conversations, others like insightful monologues, and others...

I read The Fall by Silvia Cristina Valentini in one sitting. It’s a novel based on true events and through most of the novel I was furious at the ineptitude and outright disregard our heroine, Sarah Martinelli, is faced with. She is the victim of...

Wow! With images that are so realistic and colorful, illustrator Pamela Becker has done an excellent job illustrating I’m Your Buddy: A True Story about a Goffin Cockatoo. People are hardest to draw, but her highlights, shadows, and tones make them look real. The full-page...

“I am a product of polygamy, not by marriage but by birth.” These are the words with which the author begins this powerful book that explores one of the social issues that affect Nigerian society, family, and economy, and by identifying her roots, the author...

Libraries and Books and Words... Oh My! is an inspirational story about illiteracy (and how to overcome it), written and illustrated by Carey Rigby-Wilcox. Narrated from the viewpoint of Carey’s children, they talk of their mother’s extreme fear of going to the library. As a...

My Mummy Couldn’t Read is a delightful, inspirational story that all children would love to read! The tale is told through the eyes of a young son as he follows his mother through her school years and to the years surrounding his birth. His mummy,...

For Ebony Charmed, starting middle school at Motley Junior High: School for the Psychically and Celestially Gifted was supposed to be the beginning of wonderful things. In Motley Education, Book One of The URD Saga by S.A. Larsen, it couldn’t be more different! Ebony still...

The Big Sneeze by Linda Lamneck Medwig is a beautifully illustrated children’s book about playing, laughter and friendship. The Big Sneeze is a mother/daughter project with the colorful and beautiful illustrations done by the author's mother, Caroline Vlahakis Wissinger. Children will enjoy reading about the...