Toto’s Tale by K. D. Hays is the adventure of Oz through Toto’s perspective. Toto has an adorable personality. He tells things in a way that only a dog could. Often he does not understand his human companions, giving us humorous translations such as: brains...

Why the heck isn't this book a bestseller? Al Lewis doesn't believe that the government should continue doing things that don't work simply because that's the way things have always been done. Lewis has written a smart, hilarious book that says exactly this, and includes...

The 1% Solution for Work and Life is a book aimed at teaching its readers how to improve their life, small bits at a time. Mostly the book reveals common sense practices that are often overlooked. For example, one point stressed in the book is...

Pretty Monster by M. Raye Turner is the story of a young woman with a big opinion of herself. Tangie was raised by her grandparents who loved her very much. They provided for her as best they could afford financially. She was a very attractive...

With this book the title says it all: Pleasing Your Partner: A Spiritual Guide to H.A.P.P.I.N.E.S.S. Toneal M. Jackson and her husband have been married almost ten years. For many of us that does not seem like a long time, and yet in that short...

Nicholas That’s Ridiculous! by Christa Carpenter is illustrated by Mark Wayne Adams. The cover of this book will immediately catch the attention of children. It depicts Nicholas skateboarding down a slide attached to a tree. His dog is sitting close by, and his mother smiles...

Wallie Exercises by Steve Ettinger, C.S.C.S., illustrated by Pete Proctor is a book parents will want to share with their children. Wallie is a lazy puppy with a pudgy tummy. His favorite things to do are watch television and sleep. One morning he tried to...

Doctor Confidential: Secrets Behind the Veil by Richard Sheff, MD describes Dr. Sheff’s journey through medical school, internship and residence in family medicine. From dissecting a cadaver as a first-year medical student and making his first fatal error as a sleep-deprived intern to delivering his...

The Many Colors of Friendship by Rita Kaye Vetsch is a delightful book. It tells the story of Katherine, a first grade student. There was a new student in her class whose name was Luis. She wanted to talk to him; but she didn't know...

The tale starts with a young man, Tashi, soliloquizing about his mother who has just died, and he is alone looking for a familiar place. The young man takes us back to the stories he grew up with at his mother’s knees. His mother told...

In his book, Survival Guide for Coaching Youth Baseball, Dan Keller has researched and complied everything that a person needs to know when coaching youth baseball. Filled with diagrams, charts, illustrations, drills and tips, this book is a valuable resource. Keller begins with identifying...

Inspector Hillary Greene was planning to retire in three weeks when her superiors, most likely to stall or keep her on the force and convince her to stay, handed her a high profile murder case. But, Hillary will not be dissuaded from her decision and...

What Every Dream Means should have a sub-title: "An Evangelical Interpretation." That way the reader will know what he is getting. After a lengthy introduction, the book takes the reader into the spiritual meaning and interpretation of dreams, and provides techniques for remembering dreams, understanding their...

The Ale Boy’s Feast by Jeffrey Overstreet is the fourth book in the Auralia Thread series. In this story, the king has disappeared, life seems hopeless and survival depends on the king’s ale boy who embarks on a dangerous journey leading his followers to...

In Daughter of Winter, author Pat Collins has provided an exciting glimpse into mid nineteenth-century New England. Twelve year old Addie lives in Essex, Massachusetts with her parents and younger brother Jack. Addie's father elects to go by ship to California to seek...

Clothesline is the name of a clothing store where Kelly, Ana, and Sera work. The three young entrepreneurs put their heads together and search for a way to make some extra money. Their first endeavor was a miniVendi, and then came the Fuller Brush,...

Everyone called her Sippy; her name was Serendipity. The name fit perfectly. Sippy was eleven years old when she heard God's voice. It sort of frightened her and she asked him not to speak to her out loud again. She asked if he would send...

The setting is Florida during the roaring twenties and our female lead was a flapper. I quickly fell in love with the character of Lilly Margolis. She was carefree, bright, cheerful, and fun loving. Deep inside Lilly was hurting. Like most of us she wanted...

This book was really two parts of the same whole: first, the Nazi occupation of a small French village; second, the program where high ranking German men procreate and the facility in which "fit" women give birth to the "master race." This book largely...

Haven’s Heaven by Katie Grant is a wonderful little book that all parents should have in their child’s library. When Haven and her sister are ready for bed and their bedtime story, Haven has a question for her mother: If I let go of a...