Doogie Duck is a detective duck. When asked why the chicken crossed the road, he wasn’t thinking about the riddle, but the actual chicken who disappeared because he crossed the road. Doogie looked everywhere, but it was finally his encounter with the mysterious, sly fox...

Author Maria Ashworth deftly weaves colors, counting, and animals into My Big Tree. A bluebird has found a place to nest in the Big Tree and slowly many other animals follow her there. The little bluebird finds it crowded and tries moving out. But she...

Step One, Step Two, Step Three and Four by Maria Ashworth is a beautifully written and illustrated children’s book about co-mingling families. One day a mother told her daughter that she was getting married. Her daughter began to wonder if she would have to share...

Wild Roots: Coming Alive in the French Amazon by Donna Mulvenna is the journey of the author through the French Amazon where her experiences, travels, insights, and horrors will introduce readers to an entirely new world. They will venture into the depths and mysteries of...

Cat Crimes and Wannabes (6th Grade Revengers Book 1) by Steven Whibley features Jared, grounded by his family, Dad, Mom, elder sister Ronie, and six-year-old Sky. Marcus, son of a couple that works with computers, is Jared’s best friend, and the owner of a pet...

Candy – sweet, sugary, all kinds of flavors, all kinds of shapes and sizes. As much as you can eat ... candy! Wouldn’t it be nice? Well, Sam thought so. All he wanted to eat was candy. And he’d throw a tantrum if his parents...

Twin Tails of Mason Beach (The Twin Tails Series Volume 1) by CILLYart is a fascinating modern day story laced with fantasy and adventure. Mateo and Marnie Perez are walking on the beach one day when they discover a giant conch with two sleeping baby...

Red Death by Jeff Altabef is a science fiction adventure set in a world where the Soulless are considered less than human by the citizens of Eden, mostly because they fear the Red Death that plagues those poor souls who inhabit this war-torn world. Aaliss...

Abe-vs-Adolf: The True Story of Holocaust Survivor Abe Peck is a non-fiction biography written by Maya Ross. Abe grew up in Szadek, Poland; a town that had a thriving and healthy Jewish community living within it before the Second World War. He was 90 at...

In The Ascension by Lauren Hudson, Desdemona, Felix and Jinx Anchor, triplets separated at birth, were normal teenagers living their ordinary teenage lives with their ordinary parents until their fifteenth birthday, when life as they knew it abruptly came to an end. After each teen...

If I hadn’t checked Nesly Clerge’s bio, I might have concluded that When The Dragon Roars was written by someone with a degree in psychology and criminal studies, or that the author was at least a therapist of some kind. But the brilliant Nesly Clerge...

Bullying is at an all-time high in this country. Bullying shows up in various forms and at times turns into domestic violence. Freedom: Defeating the Bullies - A Personal Journey is Ryan Finch’s story about how his life was plagued with bullying. Freedom is about...

The Fifth Wheel by LS Fellows is a thrilling short story about the mysterious disappearance of a paraplegic woman. Five women go on holiday to Algarve, Portugal. One of them is in a wheelchair. Mysteriously, she vanishes without a trace. One morning, the four other...

Rosco The Rascal Visits The Pumpkin Patch by Shana Gorian is a fun chapter book celebrating Autumn. Rosco, a lovable and mischievous German Shepherd puppy, joins his family on their annual visit to the pumpkin patch. Rosco swears he'll be good on his very first...

Sir Pigglesworth’s First Adventure: The Sir Pigglesworth Adventure Series, Book 1 is an adventure travel storybook for children, grades K-3, written by JoAnn Wagner and Sara Dean, and illustrated by David Darchicourt. Sir Pigglesworth was given an important mission by the Queen when he was...

JoAnn Wagner’s Sir Pigglesworth's Adventures in Vancouver, the second installment in the Sir Pigglesworth Adventure Series, is a children’s book that continues the quirky misadventures of a mischievous young pig. This "royal" piglet departs the London airport with the goal of surprising his parents in...

Sir Pigglesworth's Adventure in New York City by JoAnn Wagner is another unpredictable adventure for Sir Pigglesworth, this time in New York City, as he continues the search for his parents. Sir Pigglesworth's Adventure in New York City is a fun story with a few...

In October 1942, Lieutenant jg Charles Harrison joined the submarine service, after almost three years of destroyer duty in the Atlantic. The S-55 was an old WWI submarine, waiting to sail from Brisbane. Looking at the ugly boat, he wondered if he made a mistake...

Sir Pigglesworth’s Adventures in Pigonia by JoAnn Wagner and Jim DeBellis, with illustrations by David Darchicourt, is a delightful tale of courage, innovation and goodness for young readers to cherish as it inculcates traits of goodness and fair play while they read on. The authors...

The Boys from the Back Room by Calvin Bowden is a murder mystery. Raz Jester has everything he could possibly want; a successful quarterback in high school, he has a beautiful wife and daughter and a very rich father-in-law. So who could want his wife...