Maggie Adams provides romance with depth, feeling and plenty of real emotion in Whistlin' Dixie. Mac Coalson is using his construction company to help rebuild his hometown, but it seems that someone is out to sabotage his work, so when the local sheriff gives him...

In Kevin Killiany’s sci-fi novel, Down to Dirt, Mom and Dad have decreed that daughter Mara, born in space, must spend her vacation with relatives on Dirt (that would be the future planet Earth). Mara, her cousin Beth, and best friend Jael tell the story...

Jay-Jay and his Island Adventure is a children’s book written by Sue Wickstead and illustrated by Jon Mitchell. Jay-Jay is a double-decker, Supersonic Playbus, which travels from town to town and is greeted by many excited children, each of whom cannot wait to play with...

A Spooky Tale: A Walk With Our Teacher by Sue Wickstead is a great book to help pique your child’s imagination. Children of all ages will enjoy reading through the pages of this picture book. What originally started out as a project over 10 years...

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...

On Wings of an Avalanche: A Freedom's Cry Novel is a thriller by C.D. Gill set predominantly in Mali, West Africa. The narrative alternately follows the plights of two Westerners who separately fall into the clutches of a powerful warlord whose drug smuggling, child soldiering,...

Rabbit: Chasing Beth Rider by Ellen C Maze is perhaps the only original novel I have come across after reading the Harry Potter series. The thrill, the mystery and the suspense of the chase had my heart racing and wanting more. I enjoyed how Beth...

When we’re young and feeling invincible, unless we have cause, we don’t give a lot of thought to our health, let alone our eyes. That all changes as we age and begin to notice we aren’t seeing as clearly as we once did, or we...

Max thinks he’s too old to play with the younger children. Gloria, the once bright red London bus, now painted with vividly colored pictures to attract children, provides a fun, safe place for children to play during the holidays. Gloria is a Playbus. But Max...

The Cortii Series by J. C. Steel is a collection of four books, with a supplemental addition that provides some linkage to the common threads of the main plot. The net result is a sweeping epic reminiscent in some aspects of the classic Dune series,...

Who doesn’t love an adventure story full of magic, creative characters, animals, deep friendships, evil, and dragons? The Six Tribes by Jenaya Vander Stoep delivers all that and more. This outstanding book follows six animal tribes: the Bear, Dog, Cat, Critter, Bird, and Deer. The...

When a young girl inadvertently stumbles onto a top-secret AI device, the company who designed it will stop at nothing to silence her in the thrilling young adult novel Nora and Alai: A.C.T. by David Sines. Even though it has been six years since her...

The Save Humanity Project is a science fiction novella by Charles T. Harris. The year is 3798 and the earth is in danger of being hit by the asteroid Ceres 5461. Fortunately for humanity, the mysterious Firm has a plan to zap it into two...

J. Barrett’s fantasy story, Orabelle, is the first book in The Keepers Of Imbria series. Orabelle is the Queen of Lehar and can control water. Tal, her guardian, is also the man she wishes to spend her life with, but her father Chronos has other...

In Toby's Tale by Jennifer Freedman, we learn that Toby is a sweet, kind, and caring Schnauzer puppy. He’s also cute. When he learns his family might be adopted if it’s only his mother and sister, he selflessly takes it upon himself to leave. What...

The World of Agartha: Cathedral of Time is a young adult fantasy novel by Stephen Thorpe. The book follows Makayla Brown as her investigation into local folklore leads her into a whole new world that exists aside from the one she knows. When she finds...

This Book is Perfect! A Funny Interactive Read Aloud Picture Book For Kids Ages 3-7 by Ron Keres is a hilarious children's storybook featuring Finn the frog, who is a tad bit neurotic about cleanliness. Unlike other swamp toads, Finn prides himself on the appearance...

Ratheena's Curse is a work of fiction in the epic fantasy and adventure subgenres and is the sequel to The Six Tribes. It is aimed at the young adult reading audience and was penned by author Jenaya Vander Stoep. In this thrilling continuation of the...

Tomorrow We Will Know: A Novel of Imperial Constantinople 1453 by Sandra Worth is set in the last days of the Byzantine Empire, specifically during the siege of Constantinople in the early 1450s. The story follows Emperor Constantine XI and his struggles to keep the...

I Have Questions, Lots and Lots of Questions is inspired by David Lane when he was six years old. The story is told from the perspective of a little boy. He is so excited about Christmas and can't stop asking various questions. It's Christmas Eve,...