Ruth Maille's series The Power Of returns with a new entry, The Power of Respect: Forever Friends. Orbit, a walking, talking earth, is the guide in this tale. He visits two girls who have been friends for a decade and asks them for help. They...

Oddney's Otherland: In Search of the Two-Headed Firedrake is a children's illustrated adventure book by Sarah Matthews. Professor Clive Oddney and his friend Magnus, a talking magpie, have recently moved to his Uncle Cuthbert's former home in Nether Bottom. After discovering a garden gnome in...

One little girl sets out to discover what it is that makes her beautiful. In Azizi Tuere’s I’m Beautiful Because I Am, this little girl wants to understand the meaning behind that simple statement. She lists all the parts of her body, her hands, her...

Cyber Defenders: The Adventures of the Safety Squad by Joshua T. Pennifield is a children's educational adventure story. The Safety Squad is hanging out in their hideout, planning their next cybersecurity adventure. Max and his friends are aware of several cyber threats in the school...

Although it is only August, it's never too early to start thinking about the scariest and tricksiest holiday of the year, Halloween, and what better way to do so than reading a ghoulish book with youngsters like Whisker Watchers by Jaybie D. Written for ages...

Rhyming Riley: The Dog That Rhymes All the Time by Tracy L. Markley is a delightful children's book that tells the heartwarming story of a dog named Riley who loves to speak in rhymes. Inspired by a real-life dog adopted by the author, the book...

In Transference by Ian Patterson, society is divided between the rich and the poor. Technology is highly sophisticated but only benefits the rich. There is a machine that can transfer diseases from person to person, and the rich have taken advantage of it. Though the...

Sometimes When I'm Jealous is a children's picture book written by Deborah Serani and featuring illustrations by Kyra Teis. The book follows a young boy dealing with feelings of jealousy. Sometimes, the child doesn't like it when his mom is on the phone, his sister...

Never "Goodbye." Always "See You Later!" by Valerie McNulty is a story of comfort and hope. It reminds children of military families that just because a parent had to leave for deployment does not mean that they can’t still enjoy their favorite things or that...

Nicole Campbell brings us an endearing romantic comedy in Finding Magic in Misfortune. When Samantha Marsh loses her dead-end job in graphic design, she moves to her Aunt Zinnia in Emberwood to reset and recharge. While Sam figures out her next step, she helps in...

Tom Hoffman's book Ghost Ring 2: Shadows of Caligo Falls follows two amateur paranormal investigators, Simon and Clara. Simon inherited an ancient ring from Edmund Wilder, known as the ghost ring, which granted him the ability to see and communicate with spirits. While traveling to...

Finding Eden is a historical fiction supernatural drama by J.P. Kerwin. Millennia ago, in the village of Adam, the local winemaker, Calor, inexplicably disappeared for a few days, leading Chief Elwin to assign his historian Teller and his friend to investigate. Teller and Stride follow...

Letting Go of September by Sandra J. Jackson is a thriller that explores the intersecting lives of Garrett Emerson and Elizabeth Parsons. A year after his wife leaves him, Garrett struggles with loneliness and a sense of unease, prompting him to reconnect with an old...

The Star-Crossed Empire by Maya Darjani is a fascinating romantic space opera. Layla Kamil, a Republic soldier, never thought that the love of her life, Ignatius Kurestin, who recently became the Emperor of Valhar, would ask her to marry him again. Years ago, they were...

In Shikaree: The Arnstead Chronicles Book 2, M.J. Oelkers plunges us into a wild and heart-pounding adventure in the World Below. During one of her hunts, Chandra Pattal, a novice Shikaree, stumbles upon a map leading to the location of a large cache of relics....

John Lowe Owens was compelled to write As You See the Day Approaching when he woke with the words from the title's scriptural origin heavy on his mind. He outlines that believers will notice the changes and understand them, tells how you can see the...

Who would have thought that a monster and a little boy could become a family that lived in a cave? In Jeff Dorrill’s Brunt and Eggbert, Brunt, a kindly monster (though rather scary-looking), happens upon a little boy, Eggbert, who has no real family and...

Getting Ready for My Dentist Visit by Fei Zheng-Ward is a picture book about visiting the dentist to help prepare youngsters for it and to understand that it isn't such a scary thing. This book will teach them about good dental health to minimize the...

The Island of Yaki Yim Bamboo is a children's picture book by Millicent F. Arrindell and Fred Rohan-Vargas. On a warm sunny day, siblings Noah and Ida are enjoying the ocean view with their family on the white sands of Coki Beach Point in St....

In Justice in the Desert: A Vacation of Violence by Jimmy Ray Conner, Kate and Chris Taylor’s planned vacation turned into pure hell. Evie could not join Kate and so asked Debra's daughter Melody if she would like to go shopping with Kate. Former undercover...