Imagine a magical castle ruled by a very special dragon. Davy is that special dragon and his heart is bigger than the castle. Davy believes in sharing with everyone, no matter what their skin or fur color is, no matter where they live, or how...

The Bus Driver's Mother by Beverly Pridgen is the touching story of a mother's relationship with a special needs child. After getting pregnant during her second year in college, Ella starts a family with her college sweetheart, giving birth to six children over the years....

A Wordsmith's Work by Mark R. Weaver, Esq. is an indispensable guide on crisis communications and how to write more effectively. Other than being about crisis communications and effective writing, the book is a compilation of the author’s writings on the subject that include some...

Poppy Shaw, a not-very-successful forty-six-year-old actress, moved to a splendid guesthouse in Topanga Canyon for a ridiculously low rent. She then learned that the urn with the remains of a famous healer named Dalia, who had lived in the house, was buried under the olive...

Tholocco’s Wake: Book One of the Legacy Series by W.W. Van Overbeke is the first in what is obviously planned to be a series that moves back and forth from the current day, 1968 to the late 1930s and 40s. It follows the love, romance,...

In Olive and the Valentine’s Spell, Helen Millman presents a picture book with rhyming prose, exploring a kindergartener’s feelings about the prospect of Valentine’s Day. Olive reveals in first-person his feelings about the meaning of Valentine’s Day and love in general. Fearing that Valentine’s Day...

Life’s Daily Treasure is a work of non-fiction in the inspirational subgenre. It is suitable for the general reading audience and was penned by author Richard V. Battle. The book contains 366 entries to be read one per day with the aim of providing readers...

Scottie's Ten Bubble Yawns by Sanne Rothman is a fun and educational picture book for young children. The book tells the story of a dog named Scottie, who sees bubbles everywhere he goes. He sees them when the laundry is being cleaned, at a car...

“Imagination is a magical thing. It makes the impossible possible…” Do you know where you can find imagination? Would you know it if you saw it? Luna is told she can’t spend another day watching TV. She has to play outside. Only, she thinks playing...

Listen, Listen to My Heart’s Song by M. Barrett Miller is a touching compilation of snippets of life, love, happiness, loss, and the invaluable lessons to be learned as we navigate through life. The author tells the stories of others with wit, charisma, and with...

Nadeem’s Journey: A Heart Wrenching Story of a Loving Mother Losing Her Son to Cancer, by Sherine Anniruth, is a moving memoir. As with any memoir involving a family member or loved one with cancer, especially a mother losing a child, there is sadness, bitterness,...

Caz, or Casimir FitzDuncan, is a young man, who, after meeting the woman of his life, Lucy, discovers that he might not be as ordinary as everyone thought, including him. After realizing he possesses abilities given to him by the gods, he decides to learn...

Father’s Gold Secret by Wu, Sing-yung is a factual account of the retreat of the Nationalists, under Chiang Kai-shek, to Taiwan, after the Communist takeover in China under Mao Zedong. The story explores how the massive stores of gold bullion in China’s central bank were...

A Teacher's Cookbook: Country Recipes, Letters, and Stories from the Rural West 1933-2014 by Anna Marie Hernandez is a fabulous and lovely testimony. It is not only a cookbook but also includes letters and stories from the rural West during a historic period. It is...

What can you do to make a friend feel better? How do you let them know you are thinking about them and wish them well? In Malwen's Get Well Wishes by C. Géraldine that is what Malwen, a snail, is trying to decide. Malwen has...

In Snowy and Zoey’s Big Life Lesson by Hilda Youssef, we are introduced to two friends. Snowy is a pretty white dog and Zoey is a beautiful purple butterfly. Both are very excited because it’s their first day of school and they are eager to...

We all have a song inside our head that plays at a special beat, one that is unique to us. Many of us hear pleasant, happy songs with a steady, regular beat. But Delilah hears a song that’s overly loud, raucous, with an annoyingly irregular...

It has been estimated that people of color spend over $800 billion annually, while our buying power will gradually increase to about $1 trillion. To continue the momentum in growing financial wealth and to help children establish healthy relationships with money, get a copy of...

In Mama Opossum’s Misadventures (Awesome Opossum Stories), Gina Gallois tells the tale of an opossum who loses her ten joeys. She sets out to find them, meeting other nocturnal creatures as she searches for her offspring. Some of the animals are not friendly, so Mama...

Marisa’s grandpa gave her a fishing rod for Christmas. This was a special gift from a special person. In Marisa’s First Fishing Trip, Dawn Doig shares the story of the memorable trip connected with the fishing rod. However, Marisa’s parents and grandparents have more to...