The Greenstone Garden is the second book in Vaya Dauphin's The Elementals of Aotearoa Trilogy. This is a young adult fantasy series which is set in New Zealand and is based on Maori mythology. Dauphin includes a detailed description of the characters she introduced in...

In The Herb Gardener by Maris Morton, after a painful divorce, Joanna is leaving the city with her daughter, Mia, to spend some time cooking at a farm for her new love interest. It is a sort of trial run to see how things go,...

Johnny keeps mostly to himself because he doesn’t share the same interests as many kids his age. The World in Johnny’s Back Garden by Kurt Chambers is a wonderful story for children and middle schoolers that looks at the world through Johnny’s eyes – eyes...

In The Swan Garden by Anne Biggs, readers are introduced to Alice, who is sent to a mother-baby home by her parents because they don’t want to deal with a pregnant daughter. The pregnancy was not planned, nor did it happen because she carelessly slept...

Gardening and having plants at home can be therapeutic but what can be done when you live in an apartment? The Complete Edible Guide to Apartment Gardening by Destynnie Hall is a helpful guide for all those readers who want to incorporate nature into their...

This was an exciting day for Calla. Every year, her town has a musical showcase: garden plots in the community gardens that create music. Flowers are planted on a musical staff and, when complete, the flowers sing their own magical tunes. Calla has worked with...

Bree M. Lewandowski’s The Savage Garden is a variation on Beauty and the Beast. Alma was a performer at The Savage Garden who earned money by getting the attention of men at the club. Alma only chose to work there to pay for her brother’s...

The Walled Garden by Robin Farrar Maass revolves around gardens and the language of flowers, which always has interested people since Victorian times. The characters are so real that the reader will find themselves relating to them, and the story is woven throughout the most...

The Dragon Garden is a young adult mystery novel by Resa Nelson. Eleven-year-old Pingzi Po is the only known demon queller in the Far East in centuries. But when an Honorable Scholar named Gao Guang claims to be a demon queller from the Feng Shu...

The Grandest Garden by Gina L. Carroll is about a young woman named Bella Fontaine who goes out into the world. Bella is an ancient soul who is a part of the earth and the garden that she adores cultivating. Her childhood is filled with...

The Golldooney's Garden is a children's picture book by Chanmattee Lynnie Bachoo. The story follows the day-to-day lives of the different creatures living in Mr. and Mrs. Golldooney's beautiful garden. One early spring morning, a Ladybug and her friend, Mr. Bumblebee, were nourishing themselves on...

The Copper Isle Ghostslayer by Terri Greening is a captivating thriller that revolves around the experiences of Layla Devereaux. Armed with expertise in photography and journalism, Layla travels to a secluded island to look into the murder of a lighthouse tour guide and prove that...

As a teenager in 1789, Mo’destee Vert was in love and happy with her upcoming role in her home village of Senegambia. A brilliant girl, gifted in so many ways, Mo’destee looked forward to her upcoming marriage to Jabari. Then the white men came, destroying...

The Flowers in Grandma’s Garden: A Bailey and Buttons Story by Dr. Julie McDonnell, EdD, is a heartwarming tale that beautifully captures the journey of self-discovery and acceptance through the eyes of a young girl named Bailey. Illustrated by Clarice Diamantino, the book combines vibrant...

Katharine Branham’s The Root of Everything examines the Root Chakra’s role in maintaining physical, emotional, and spiritual balance. Branham identifies the Root Chakra as the site where unresolved trauma and instability accumulate, affecting the entire energy system. She talks about the historical shift away from...

The Whizbang Machine: Tunney's Curse Book 2 is a young adult paranormal mystery novel written by Danielle A. Vann. When Elizabeth awoke, it was from feverish dreams into a hellish reality that slowly made its way into her comprehension. She remembered that she and Grandpa...

The Apocalypto Kid Goes to College by Grant Harper Reid is an intriguing autobiography about one man’s quest to get a college education. Upon graduation from high school, Grant attends Lincoln University. However, after only three disappointing days at Lincoln, Grant returns home to Teaneck,...

The Monocle by Mark Cavanagh opens in the summer of 1966 when thirteen-year-old Mick Sullivan and his friend Viv Oulette discover a mysterious bronze clamshell in an abandoned farmhouse. The house's owner, Mr. Winsor, disappeared without a trace, leaving behind the clamshell, a notebook, and...

The Glow in Loretta’s Garden (Loretta's Insects) by Lois Wickstrom is a charming children’s book that takes young readers on an adventure with young Loretta. As Loretta plays in her garden, she stumbles upon some tiny, glowing creatures. At first, she thinks they’re just “armadillo...

The Night Garden by Sandra Tyler is a memoir that pays a touching homage to her mother. Tyler paints a heartfelt picture of the highs and lows she faced, taking care of her elderly mother while meeting the needs of her own family. The author...