Michael & Mia: An Adventure in the Positive Cycle of Nature by Georg Hohbach and Ehrengard Hohbach is one of the most inspirational and imaginative books for children that I have ever had the privilege of reading. The main characters, Michael and Mia, go on...

Make or Break: The Extraordinary Life of Paul Innes is the most inspiring autobiography I have ever come across. Paul takes you on a journey that you’ll never be able to experience again unless you read the book twice, that is. It’s an adventure through...

Lulu the Beaver by Bethany Gano is a children’s picture book that introduces us to Lulu, who is feeling stuck in her role of being a typical “good” beaver, chomping trees and gathering sticks. She has more artistic ambitions for herself but is initially afraid...

The Color of the Elephant: Memoir of a Muzungu is the new autobiographical work from Christine Herbert. Covering several years of the author's life spent in the Peace Corps, the book shares her experiences of working in healthcare and education in Zambia. Covering a broad...

The Rose of Washington Square by Pat Wahler tells the fascinating true story of illustrator and inventor, Rose O’Neill. Rose lived at the turn of the century during a time when women had very few rights in comparison to their husbands, fathers, and brothers. But...

Barely a day after being acquitted, David Flores made headlines after killing his wife and child. The reputable defense attorney for a New York law firm, Salvatore Amici, was having a hard time with the fact that he had helped acquit a murderer – David...

Rub-a-dub-dub, it's time for some fun in the tub. Kathleen Gauer's Bathtime Fun! is a great choice to read before or after some time in the bathtub. This rhyming tale begins with Mom scrubbing the hair of her red-haired child. After the business of washing...

High in the Sky by Kathleen Gauer is an unusual story in that it tackles the question of boredom head-on and suggests how the imagination can be used to overcome that awful feeling. Beautifully illustrated by Sari Richter, the first picture shows a child who...

Cursing with Style: A Dicktionary of Expletives by Erika M. Weinert is a resource with a satirical but factual presentation that sets out to define what many would think defies definition -- swear words. However, referring to them as swear words is an oversimplification of...

My Most Memorable Psychic Readings and Personal Stories is a work of non-fiction in the spiritual and memoir subgenres. It is suitable for the general reading audience and was penned by author Barbara Bandel. As the title suggests, this is a fascinating insight into the...

DanSing Pancakes’ Healthy Choices Musical Story by Joe Coleman is a high-spirited children’s picture book that will have you singing and dancing wherever you are when you read the story. The illustrations by Aubrey Morgan Foster, Tracy Foster Pyke, and Tafgraphics Design Studio Inc. are...

How We Disappear: Novella and Stories by Tara Lynn Masih tells readers of “All these faces with stories, good and bad.” Have you ever heard of face blindness? It’s called prosopagnosia. It means the inability to recall a face. Others are quite the opposite –...

The genius CEO of AI company Quantum World and a time corrector, Dr. Vincent Abajian had just brought his long-lost love Akane Egami back into his life, but at what cost? Akane had been lost in a time turbulence for over three decades since 1991....

Learning the alphabet is the first step to reading and Kim Marie’s A to Z Animal Picnic makes a great aid that will be equally welcomed by parents, playschool leaders, and kindergarten teachers. Each letter is printed in a different colored font from the rest....

Fatechanger: Penny Found is the second installment in the Fatechanger series by L. M. Poplin. Fifteen-year-old Penelope Clark (Penn) realizes she must once again travel back to the year 1916 in search of her missing father and to make amends for her old friend, Fin....

V.S. Sury's Impossible Tales is a collection of stories that present a different twist on reality and the laws of nature. A section in the book includes stories whose science is fabricated and not rooted in real scientific findings. For example, animals and trees that...

Moraline is alone in the forest, grieving after a cruel prank by her classmates when she encounters a scarred, magical man who tells her that the four winds of the universe are out of balance, and she must help to restore them. Although she doubts...

The Waxing Moon by Barry S. Markwick is the first installment in The Areekyan Chronicles epic fantasy series. The story follows Juk Thri, a captain of the 1st Regiment who has fought for peace in Areekya for years. After a particularly nasty battle, the ruthless...

Set in 1950s Cuba where Batista rules with an iron fist and dissenters disappear in broad daylight, the mafia and their nefarious cohorts have joined hands with the junta to suck the country dry and the future looks bleak for ordinary Cubans. For the Enriquez...

Will There Be Wine? by Whitney Cubbison is a fun rom-com. Austen Keller moved to Paris with her husband. Two years later they divorced and she decided to date French men exclusively. After many disastrous experiences, she started a blog to talk about them. Thanks...