In Pinkie the Pink Elephant by George J. Linsenmeyer III, Pinkie is born as Sarah in a peaceful jungle herd, but she is different from the other elephants the moment she arrives. Her bright pink skin sets her apart, leaving her isolated while the other...

In Dottie Lee’s In the Mountain, a routine shift inside a secure mountain facility becomes a desperate fight for survival when a catastrophic collapse traps a small group of workers and visitors far below the surface. Forced into the darkness beneath the ruined structure, Paul...

In Tilly Hornsby’s Guardian of the Depths, when marine biologist Kaia Jones inherits her grandparents’ secluded cottage in a private Scottish cove, she expects solitude and a place to continue her work on the sea. Instead, repeated visits from a mysterious woman arriving by rowboat...

Tall as the Sun by Stephanie Henson is a children’s picture book set at the beach, told from a little girl’s perspective. As she rides upon her father’s shoulders, she delights in the views of swimmers, surfers, and seagulls. But it’s the special feeling of...

Cap Hillis has retold the story of the slaying of the Firefish over and over; as legends tend to do, it has grown with each telling. People came from far and wide to see the great Packer Throme or catch a glimpse of Panna, the...

David Eckman draws from his own experiences and those of others in Knowing the Heart of the Father. He begins his book by explaining why God is worthy of being called Father. Eckman explains four experiences that are essential to living a full Christian life. 1.       Sense...

Louis Alan Swartz' collection Constructed of Magic and Other Poems on the Immortality of the Human Spirit is poetry after my own heart. I fell in love with it from the very first. There are many deep, philosophical poems that will set you to thinking....

Be ready to get inspired when you read A. Jordan Fischette’s book, To: The Ambitious, From: The Experienced—26 Letters on Leadership. This book is a compilation of 26 views from a variety of occupational backgrounds on what is leadership. Occupations as diverse as The...

Somewhere Between the Land and the Sea: A Worried Mum by Ian Humpheryes explores the wonders and mysteries of the rockpool. One of the inhabitants of the rockpool is Clear Shrimp. She is off to play a game of hide and seek with her friends,...

Hymie Anisman’s Before the Beginning and After the End: Holocaust Survivor True Stories is a unique addition to Holocaust literature, bridging personal trauma and collective memory through the stories of survivors. Anisman creates a narrative that is both intimate and illuminating, grounding his reflection in...

Sirius, the Brightest Star in the Sky by Sue Elias opens with a young boy pointing to a star and asking his mother its name, which is Sirius. His mother also tells him that a long time ago Sirius was a kind and helpful star,...

Marcia Breece's Yutka and the Voyage of the Parita depicts the incredibly true story of Yutka Lipka’s daring escape from Nazi-occupied Poland. During the rise of Nazism throughout Europe in the 1930s and 40s, Yutka decides to forge a better life for herself. She boards...

Church Dog and the Girl in the Mirror is another of Tracy Matte’s Christian adventure stories for kids. Tayja is a happy child and can’t wait for her first day at school. But when she gets home, it’s clear she didn’t enjoy it, and her...

In Classical Arabic and the Hibernation of the Arab Mind, Walid Khalil discusses the impact of language development on modernization in the Arab world, attributing the region's slow progress to the lack of a standardized written system for spoken dialects. Arab societies rely on oral...

Sherri the Shrimp Saves the Day by George J. Linsenmeyer, III is a cute children's picture book. Everyone is in an uproar – their best friend, Octavius the Octopus, has disappeared and is nowhere to be found. Then Steve the Swordfish announces he has found...

Poetry and Allegory From the Land Beyond the Crystal Sea by Edward N. Brown is an interesting and unique retelling of Creation, Satan's deception, and the ultimate loss of souls as a result. The author leads us through the vast emptiness, the great plan, a...

In Within the Haunt of the Unseelie Court, R.C. Davis crafts a chilling and fantastical tale set in 1935, following Janey Carter as she returns to her hometown of Gowan, Massachusetts, after two years away at a teacher’s college. However, Gowan has changed significantly in...

David E. Kinney’s Windel, The Witch & The Wizard follows the story of Windel, a former soldier injured in battle, who feels trapped in a life devoid of the adventure he once craved. That is until a mysterious doorway opens, drawing him into a fantastical...

The Party at the End of the Rainbow by Ronald Schulz provides readers with an impressive depiction of the countercultural movements that occurred between the late 1960s and early 1970s via the experiences of a young man who lived through the radical politics, the music...

In Harry the Horse and the Special Place by KTY Haileselassie, too young to work, Harry has been kept in a barn since his birth and dearly wants to know about the world beyond stall doors. His mother could tell him little, as she had...