I chose to read For No Reason by Kathleen Gauer because my daughter has had a similar problem to Jamie’s with a boy in her class. In the book Jamie is being bullied by the new kid. Jamie wants the bullying to stop, but she...

Sarah's Days: Being a Cat - An Alaskan Childhood Story is a children’s picture book written by Cindy Baldwin. Sarah loved sitting out on the grass in the bright sunshine. She’d watch the beetles climbing on the leaves of grass and listen to the birds...

Innocent: A Spirit of Resilience by Kevin McLaughlin and Opwonya Innocent is set against the backdrop of the unrest in northern Uganda three years after Opwonya Innocent was born, which was amid the escalating war. His father was wrongfully convicted of treason and...

In this age of heightened psychic understanding and awareness, animal communication and its practitioners have gained both increasing credibility and respect. Consequently, a genre previously devoted to the afterlife of humans has expanded to include the afterlife of animals, and in her book titled on...

Not a WRITER is a collection of poetry by Roxana Preciado. Preciado writes in a free verse format; her words dash and weave across the page, reflecting her creative process and interior struggles. In her opening piece, The Trenches, the repeated refrain “She haunts me”...

The Bubble in Me by J. Alvarez is a quirky tale of friendship and teamwork. Tibby is a chubby tiger who befriends poor Benny, the bumblebee who can’t fly. Together they join forces with Hiccup the Hippo who has no friends because, whenever she speaks,...

There is no tale quite like a good quest. I’ve read some great quests in my time. The Lord of the Rings is the one that comes to mind now, but there have been many more. Few of them compare in scope and quality to...

The Art and Craft of PR: Creating the Mindset and Skills to Succeed in Public Relations Today by Sandra Stahl is an excellent read that is a good tool to help readers understand more about PR, especially those who are new to it. What is...

From Hill Town to Strieby by Margot Lee Williams is an educational book. In 1879, Islay Walden, once a slave, returned to North Carolina as an ordained minister in Southwestern Randolph County. He was also a missionary for the American Missionary Association, living with his...

In today's culture that seems to be focused on injustice and violence, it is important to learn how we can create peace in all types of circumstances and situations that we encounter. In I Can See Peace by Julie D Penshorn, children will see beautiful...

All I Left Unsaid: A Latina's Journey Toward Truth by Rosy Crumpton is a moving US immigrant story that may sound all too familiar to many. As a young girl, Olivia Batista leaves behind her home, relatives, father, school, and everything her little heart has...

Let’s begin this review of Not a Fairytale by asking if it’s not a fairytale, then what is it? Essentially, it’s a rare form of memoir, not told as a story with characters and dialogue, but as a poem based, as many memoirs are, on...

Toto's Tale: The Wizard Was Odd Trilogy by Peeky (AKA) Bob Moyer is The Wizard of Oz from Toto’s perspective. A twister takes Toto and Dorothy away, dumping them in Oz where a couple of days is the same as a year in Kansas. Uncle...

Meet Dazzle who was born into a tribe of flying squirrels in the story My Heart Song by Sister Solana D’cunha. Dazzle could not fly and spent most of his time thinking and reading. His cousin Hopper was loyal to his friends and family and...

The blast from the shotgun decimated his face, leaving behind a gory mess of brains and blood. That’s how Luther Baggot, a bounty hunter assassin, slays his victims. Employed by Rudolf Palm, a highly placed sadistic police officer in Otto von Bismarck’s secret police, Baggot...

The Afterlife by Giulia Jeary Knap has the subtitle, Hereafter and Here at Hand, and an explanatory cover note: Three tried and tested methods to stay in touch with those who have gone before us. This goes a long way to explain what the book...

The key to understanding the writings of Giulia Jeary Knap - and especially her book, Looking Beyond the Fishbowl: A New Comforting Perspective on Reincarnation - is her fundamental conclusion: “I … consider human beings as powerful multidimensional spiritual beings, regardless of our physical circumstances.”...

Noah: True Love Never Dies by Carol Mitchell is the story of a woman who is trying to find the right love, but love always seems to evade her. Tiffany had a difficult life. Living with a single parent, trying her best to provide for...

Burton Blake by Robert Tucker is a story about the American journey of three generations. Starting in 1940, Chicago, Joseph Blake falls in love with and marries Kristina Holtzman, a secretary who part times as a taxi dancer. They have a son, Elias Blake, who...

Hood Educated is Roxana Preciado’s honest and passionate poetry collection that reveals her struggles, pain, courage and healing process. It is a collection about loneliness, brokenness, hopelessness yet defying all odds to become much more than you thought was possible. The collection is powerful and...