Huge Words by Huge People by Liam James Leaven includes some of the most popular quotes by famous people throughout history, covering topics like friendship, leadership, motivation, creation, and loss. Leaven puts a hilarious spin on everything by countering and grounding these idealistic and aspirational...

Join mermaids Sara, Alix, and Lucy on an exhilarating underwater adventure in The Fin-Tastic Arctic by Laura Mancuso. Every winter, the three mermaids travel to the Arctic Dune to meet with their friends, Rory, Ella, and Winter, and this year is no different. After arriving...

Most people would not think that a cat could be a castle guard. In Min: The Cat Who Guards the Castle by Lynn Helton, we meet one such cat. Min is a rather small cat who loves her family, the queen, king, prince, and princess....

Turning the Pages: How Exploring My Past Lives Led Me on the Journey of Healing Memories, and What I Learned While Traveling Back in Time by Alla Kaluzhny explores her past lives and how they affect her present life. Alla was raised in the Soviet...

In They Needed Killing by Bill Fitts, the sixth book in a series, James F. Crawford, a private detective in the university town of Shelbyville, Alabama, found a body in the river. Crawford recognized Trina Dawson and remembered that he met her at a party...

The Ancestral Odyssey: Rise of the Black Doves by Duncan William Gill is book five in the titular epic fantasy series. Books one through four advance as follows: Norkron City is devastated by an invasion, leaving its people scattered and fearful. Through the chaos, Isabelle,...

Despite a promising prophecy, seventeen-year-old Ryan is weighed down by powerful emotions. Ryan is the predicted chosen one, and he must use the sword Excalibur to help a secret agency called the ORT. His destiny is to save his homeworld from evil terrorists and establish...

Why Ruin Another Life by Anthony Weathers is based on true events. Marva's mother sold her to an elderly man, Roshield, at a very young age, and she attended school while doing her chores and looking after her daughter. After Roshield died, Marva stayed with...

Allison, You Are Beautiful is a heartwarming children's picture book written by Erika Archer with illustrations by Delayna Robbins. The story follows Allison, a seven-year-old girl in second grade at Glenwood Elementary School, who loves having fun, drawing, and riding her bike. Unfortunately, while playing...

The Celesterra continent held six kingdoms (Dawn, Dusk, Night, Day, Sunrise, and Sunset) ruled by the Fae. They took humans as property and placed them in households to serve as eternal slaves once they reached the age of twenty-one. The stunning Asteria was one such...

Choo! Choo! Choo! The Train at the Zoo, written by Kathleen Welton and with beautiful illustrations by Tamara Joubert, invites young readers on a whimsical journey on a train ride through the zoo, seeing the different animals. The lions roar, the gorillas swing from the...

Farewell Performance by Donna Huston Murray is an intriguing mystery that hooks you right from the beginning. When Jan Fairchild returns to town, Ginger and her best friend Didi are excited to learn about her life as a star. But not everyone is happy with...

Girl power is evident throughout the pages of Dr. Samantha Pillay's book When I'm the President: Dreaming is Believing. Each spread identifies an important aspect of being the president. The values necessary for a leader to have -- honesty, listening, problem-solving, and promoting world peace...

The Magic Sea Turtle is a children's picture book by Kathleen Welton. High above the clouds lies a magical kingdom where a young girl named Myrtle wants to become a queen. One day, while picking up apples in the orchard, an unexpected wind blows Myrtle...

Adam and Ava Are Not Taken by Betty Collier is a story with a compelling message for young children. It is about twin siblings, Adam and Ava. Being young is not always easy. Adam comforts his sister, Ava, and changes her skewed and incorrect outlook...

Victor X is an ordinary guy doing ordinary things in a routine way. He has the unfortunate experience of finding a devastatingly injured Mountain Shepherd dog along his morning cycling route. Despite trying, his attempt fails at enlisting help to aid the injured dog. He...

When children learn about compassion, they can develop empathy and understand the emotions of others and themselves. This is also helpful in dealing with difficult times. Author Tess Grandison explores these subjects in Louis and the Orphaned Peacock. The story begins with Bella, a peahen...

Covet the Chaos by Caleb Shawn Sully weaves a riveting narrative that bridges the chasm between the violence of war and the quest for peace. This literary fiction novel, based on a true story, paints a vivid portrait of a soldier’s tumultuous journey from the...

A well-seasoned adage playfully proclaims that men are born with two heads and only enough blood to run one at a time. Never has that been more true than in the case of Tucker Blue, the indefatigably single-minded and unwittingly charming anti-hero of Jack Dancer’s...

"Sometimes the truth has a dark side," and the depth of that darkness is the only question. The Gods of Sleep by Robert Mix provides a good insight into the darkness of truth through the story of Sean Hastings, a materialistic insomniac. Despite all his...