Bento C. Leal's 4 Essential Keys to Effective Communication in Love, Life, Work—Anywhere! is a handy guide for all readers who want to learn, practice, and improve on their communication skills and relationships bit by bit, day by day. The 4 essential keys to...

When her parents take off on one of their many work adventures, Isabelle is happy to stay with her Great-Aunt Emma in her little retirement village bungalow. Emma’s friends help make every day an exciting, often unexpected adventure. Mr. Bigg, who isn’t so big, is...

Silent Siren by L.B. Carter is the first book in the Climatic Climacteric series. Rena has a secret. One she doesn't tell anyone. Not even her closest friends or her grandpa. One that haunts her every moment. Her father didn't drown due to the car...

Do Bugs Wear Shoes & Other Silly Questions by Addie Broussard and Anthony Puttee is a wonderful and enlightening book that educates the young reader about bugs, their families, insect categories and their places in the world. This educational book has much more than silly...

Steering Through It: Navigating Life-Threatening Illness, Acceptance, Survival and Healing is a powerful book by Lynn McLaughlin with beautiful illustrations by Sari Richter. It is a book on dealing with life-threatening illnesses. The news wasn't anything the author had expected and it was shocking...

Vagrant by Gabe Thompson is an action-packed dystopian tale about a group of people known as vagrants who refuse to live in the drugged-out world of modern society. The main character, Logan, is a vagrant who lives underground along with his colorful group of friends....

Two sisters travel to South Africa in the real-life children's adventure story, Hannah & Amy Go To South Africa by Sabrina Rizk. Amy and Hannah, five and eight years old, are traveling the world with their parents. In this book, the girls investigate such incredible...

Artie Van Why's 9/11: A Survivor's Story is a nonfiction memoir. Van Why was there, at Ground Zero, when the first plane hit the World Trade Center. He had originally moved to New York City in pursuit of a career as an actor, and had...

An adorable puppy helps kids discover the joy of writing in the fun children's book, Sophia Wants to Write a Book by Marie White. Sophia is a curious dog. One day, she watches her mommy write. She thinks it looks like fun, so she begs...

Mistress of Legend is the third book in the Guinevere's Tale series, an interesting recreation of the legendary world of Camelot with its feisty characters and intriguing relationships. Nicole Evelina reinvents the character of Guinevere and starts readers on an adventure with her as she...

A Different Kind of Angel by Paulette Mahurin commences with the reader's introduction to Klara, an immigrant who has fled Russia from the pogroms of the late 1880s. She arrives in New York, alone, having lost her father, her last living relative, on the long...

The Day I Saw the Hummingbird by Paulette Mahurin follows the adventures and life of Oscar, a young black slave in the heartlands of Louisiana around the time of the Civil War. Oscar and his mother dream of freedom and a life of dignity and...

Who has the best ice-hockey team – the girls or the boys? Hockey Wars by Sam Lawrence and Ben Jackson is a thrilling action chapter book. Although intended for children from ages 8 to 12, younger hockey fans will also get a kick out of...

The Hour of Embers is a work of fantasy fiction by author N.L. Willcome, and the second book in the series titled An Empyrian Odyssey. Central characters Tamsin and Haven were separated in the previous volume, and Haven is now trapped in the beautifully atmospheric...

Shot to Pieces is a thrilling work of crime fiction by author Michael O’Keefe. In a story set in the dangerous contemporary world of the NYPD, we follow Detective Padraig Joseph Durr into the not so secret gang world of Brooklyn to investigate a potential...

I'm not a big fan of conspiracy theories. Maybe I'm just in denial, but most of them don't seem very plausible to me. I do, however, enjoy a good mystery, and suspense thrillers. Author Ellen Butler has managed the best of all three genres with...

I’m going to pay The Jasper Creed by William Jarvis one of the highest compliments I can for this type of novel. Throughout the book the voice and tone sounded exactly like the late great Pat Conroy. So if you are a Pat Conroy fan,...

Bad Doggy by Thu Vu is the story of Harper, a little dog whose fur is white and brown. Everyone knows she is the most beautiful dog in town but Harper has no manners. Every time her owners leave her at home and go out...

Since Never: The Turned Trilogy, Book 1 is a medieval fantasy epic by Christopher Percy. The story opens with Flendin the Blade, a king of Never’s underworld. With him travels Smidgen, a hulking monster with a heart of pure gold, and Bent, who is as...

The Paper Shepherd is the first book in the Grace Everlasting series by Olivia Landis - a powerful meld of Christian romance and coming of age with a great exploration of the emotional and personal development of the characters. Max and Tiar meet in very...