I once heard someone say they wished children came with an instruction book.  They do.  God has given us the instructions through scripture.  We are to use His example as our parent to parent our children.  Dianne Daniels shares six steps for parenting.  Each step...

In On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness: Adventure, Peril, Lost Jewels, and the Fearsome Toothy Cows of Skree (Wingfeather Saga #01) we met the Igiby family.  They live in a cottage near the Dark Sear of Darkness.  The children were gifted.  “The...

The setting is 1938, Austria. Fear swelled throughout Europe as the darkness of Nazism spread. Fredl and Lizzi were a successful young Catholic couple. He was a jeweler and she was a dressmaker. They did not welcome Hitler’s rule and knew they must...

Summer Finley and Noelle Van Zandt have been pen-pals since the fourth grade.  They are as close as two sisters only they've never met face-to-face.  When Summer receives an "abnormal" medical test result she decides to make the trek to the Netherlands to see her...

The Stanley family are living the ideal life until one day Nate Stanley comes home and announces that he has accepted the position of deputy sheriff in Blaine, Oregon.  Oregon is a long way from Illinois and soon this family will learn just how truly...

Sorrow Wood is a love story.  Wendell and Reva each have a story.  He was only sixteen when he fought back against his cruel father.   Negligence cost Reva her family and a leg.  When they met there was a mutual attraction.  They quickly declared their...

Cookie is the story of a little girl that will eat nothing but cookies.  She has cookies for breakfast, cookies, for lunch, cookies for dinner and for snack.  Her parents tell her that someday she’ll turn into a cookie.  That fateful day comes.  She notices...

A little person has been accused of murder… I just finished reading Scarpetta by Patricia Cornwell.  Cornwell has long been one of my favorite authors.  I have read every book she’s written.  My favorite is her Kate Scarpetta series.  For those of you not familiar with...

Ty Buchannan is a trial lawyer. He does not live a lavish life. He lives in a small trailer and gives away much of his services. His latest client is Carl Richness. Richness has been accused of DUI but insists on...

The title of this book caught my attention. I laughed just looking at the front cover. I had high expectations. Anyone that can come up with a title like this has to be humorous. Bud Wright shares his memories of childhood with readers. Wright spares...

Raul Ramos y Sanchez set his debut novel American Libre in the near future. A young Latina youth was shot and killed. The Latinas were rioting in the streets. The National Guard was called into keep peace. The result, twenty three...

Dao is one of ten children. She wants to go to boarding school in hopes of someday living in a country where she will have freedom from responsibility to her family. She goes to school and finally makes it to America only to discover that...

As a young girl growing I always looked forward to Saturdays. We would spend the day in town with my grandmother. She would give me a little money and I would head up the block to the drug store to buy a comic...

Steven Knutson admits he’s growing older but not growing up.  He has a positive outlook on life. When I pick up a book by Steven A. Knutson I always know I will be entertained.  I’m never sure what genre his books belong in.  His...

Daniel is not your ordinary teen.  He can create friends and family with a simple thought.   When he wants them to leave he flicks his hand and they are gone.  The hand movement isn’t necessary but looks cool.  His finger acts as a type of...

Daniel is not your ordinary teen.  He can create friends and family with a simple thought.   When he wants them to leave he flicks his hand and they are gone.  The hand movement isn’t necessary but looks cool.  His finger acts as a type of...

Mike Carey offers readers a thriller. His lead characters is Felix Fix Castor. Castor is an exorcist. The Londoner uses music to fight the forces of evil. In Dead Man’s Boots he is working on two cases. The court orders Fix’s...

In Alex Cross’s Trial, Alex is writing a book.  It is the story that has been handed down in his family.  Abraham  was his great uncle.  President Roosevelt sent Benjamin Corbit on a mission.  He was to return to his home town of Eudora, Mississippi...

For my dissertation and intellectual curiosity I read many doctoral dissertations for education and psychology. Many appeared to be much ado about very little.  So, I was pleasantly surprised reading Dr. Karen Dotson’s, “An Educational Applied Dissertation Model.” It was well designed and executed and it...

Danny Boy Cadogan was large for his age. At thirteen he beat up his father. At fourteen his father abandoned the family and Danny took over the role of provider. Danny never intended to follow in the violent footsteps of his father....