A very different concept made Smothered exciting, interesting and a very good fiction read with a feeling of real life happenings. Smothered has mystery, murder and suspense from beginning to end. Kitty is a young actress about to become the next child superstar; that is...

What an amazing and magical little gem appears for the holidays in Janie Gets a Genie for Christmas by David Blaze. This may be a children’s book, but like any truly great one, Janie Gets a Genie also targets the adult perspective – not to...

Quincy the Quail Saves a Life by Barbara Renner is the story of Quincy the quail who lives in the desert with his family. It is a beautiful day and Quincy and his mate, Quella, decide to call their chicks for a family meeting. They...

It is a pleasant afternoon until something upsets Max the talking Tonkinese cat's life again! Max's Hallowe'en Adventure by Wendy Leighton-Porter is a spine-chilling middle grade short story featuring Max, hero of The Shadows From The Past Series. In this fifth installment of Max's spin-off...

Mighty Big and Super Great: Texas Is The "Lone Star State"! written by Amber Manning, and illustrated by Kory Fluckiger, is an educational children’s book about Texas. It can be said to illustrate a love story between Amber and her state. This book is not...

Meet Miki the baby dragon in Miki and the Human Baby by Karen Avril. He is one of the few dragons left on the planet. At some point, dragons outnumbered humans, but not so anymore. Humans are continually increasing while dragons seem to decrease in...

The little girl loves her pink rowboat. She rows herself out into the ocean, to the beach and along the shoreline. She loves to be out on the water, but she doesn’t like the idea of being in the water. She’s scared. She’s afraid of...

Cherries. They really are very good for you. Sweet, sour, even the most popular maraschino cherries. Why? Cherries are full of good nutrients: Vitamin A and C, Manganese, Potassium, Copper and Vitamin K (a not-so-well known vitamin, but it should be as it helps deal...

Bigger than a blueberry, the Saskatoon berry has many other benefits that outshine the more commonly known blueberry. For instance, it’s high in vitamins and fibre and, of interesting note, it contains 11 percent of the daily intake required of calcium. The First Nations knew...

Theodore Jerome Cohen (sometimes aka Alyssa Devine) is a storyteller par excellence, and he proves himself anew in this most recent collection of short-short fiction (aka Flash Fiction) Creative Ink, Flashy Fiction: Flash Fiction Anthology – Book 4. Cohen demonstrates that he can grab your...

Jay-Jay is a very special bus. He’s not a school bus or a city bus. He’s a playbus. All summer long, Jay-Jay visits different parts of the community so that the children can enjoy playing on him, in him, and around him. The end of...

The Little Souls: Kids' Questions about Life Volume 3 by Agnes Deglon is an educational children’s book. It is part of a series about the connection between the soul, the mind and the body. It deals with multiple themes which are all developed in language...

Blood Orange by Brenda M. Spalding is a compelling novel that features a gritty tale of the war against drugs in rural Florida. The Medellin Cartel of Pablo Escobar is extending their reach and in 1986 the Florida orange groves become a drop zone for...

Mr. Hoopeyloops and His Amazing Glass by Andi Cann is the story of Mr. Hoopeyloops, a special man who lives in an old, odd house with an old, odd barn. The town he lives is an ordinary town where all the buildings have the same...

Blueberries, that luscious, sweet treat of mid-summer, are much healthier for you than you may think. These berries are high in fibre and nutrients like Vitamin C and Vitamin K, and, a bonus, are low in calories. So, what does that mean. Basically, blueberries are...

Whispers is a young adult social issues novel written by Lynn Yvonne Moon. No one expected the twelve-year-old daughter of the deceased to punch her father’s body in the face as he lay in his casket during the funeral service. Listening to Pastor Johnson go...

Ollie is an inspirational children’s tale written and illustrated by Krista Scott. One morning after waking from his sleep, Ollie the Ghost Crab scuttles down to the ocean to eat and drink. As Ollie collects some beautiful seashells which have washed ashore, he is grabbed...

Dell’s Rage is an action-packed, gritty life story novel by author M.L. Biddison. The plot follows our title character Dell, a modern day street rat who learns all her life lessons the hard way. Left without any family to turn to, Dell relies on herself...

Princess Breeze by Beverly Stowe McClure opens with Breeze Brannigan thinking a lot about Cam. She was wondering why he had not returned to Whispering Springs and she really wanted to know if Cam was okay. That afternoon, while lounging with her friends Amy and...

When Angels Fly by S. Jackson, A. Raymond and M. Schmidt is a memoir of abuse, pain, and survival; a story of courage, heart-wrenching and filled with pathos. Meet Sarah Jackson, a woman who has suffered at the hands of a wicked, heartless mother. She...