Travel with Number 8: Czech Republic: The Adventures of the Numbers by Ronit Gizel Shaltiel is a good combination of adventure, math, and social studies, and will make learning fun for children. Numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 are traveling the...

Travel with Number 7: China: The Adventures of the Numbers by Ronit Gizel Shaltiel is a fun, informative, and educational book that will help children enjoy math. Numbers 1, 2, 3, 4 , 5, 6, and 7 were traveling together and when they reached Beijing...

Sanctuary is an unusual and compelling work of fantasy and science fiction penned by author Makayla Love and forms the second book in the Titanomachy Series after The Gilded Cage. We return to the story of Shiloh, a young woman who has grown up in...

Christmas is a magical time of year. There are lots of symbols around us that help us enjoy the festivities: snowmen, bells, candy canes, gingerbread men, stars, Christmas trees, Santa Claus, reindeer, and so much more. For young people, Christmas is more than just a...

Hanukkah is an important celebration in the Jewish calendar. It lasts eight days, from the 25th day of Kislev to the 2nd or 3rd day of Tevet. Like any other festivities, the Jewish people have a good selection of symbols attached to Hanukkah: the menorah...

Purim is a Jewish holiday in late winter/early spring. It celebrates saving the Jewish people from Haman who was planning to kill all of the Jews in his country, the ancient Achaemenid Persian Empire. It is a time to dress up in costumes, to read...

Children of all ages love Halloween. The costumes, the spooky drama and, of course, the treats make it a night to remember and look forward to again the next year. There are lots of symbols attached to Halloween: ghosts, goblins, pumpkins, bats, spiders, witches with...

In Body In Space: My Life With Tammy by Margaret Gonzalez, upon meeting Tammy, Marge knows the beautiful little girl belonged in her life permanently as her own daughter. After meeting with the foster family that had cared for Tammy, Marge pressures the agency to...

All the Broken People by Amy Rivers is a suspenseful story that explores the brokenness in the characters, which are poignant and deeply human. Alice Bennett has finally let the pain of her past go, forgetting her abusive childhood and rebuilding her life around the...

Graffiti Lane: A Poetry Collection by Kelly Van Nelson is an engaging collection of poems that revolve around the concept of being the underdog, bullying and finding ways to bounce back. The poet's angst and fear during those times will help readers perceive the broader...

In the preface of his book, To Identity and Beyond: Play the Long Game, Advance God's Kingdom, Enjoy Abundant Life, Matt Pavlik writes: “In my practice as a clinical counselor, people come to me in crisis. They think their crisis is being unhappy with how...

Conflict on the Yangtze by Greg Kater is a historical novel featuring compelling characters already introduced in the series. Jamie Munro and Jack O'Brian are operatives working for the Commonwealth Investigative Office in Darwin and now they are sent on a mission to investigate the...

The Missing Branch is the fifth book in A Bulwark Anthology by Kay MacLeod. This is the story of Izzie Murray who started researching her family history, but it has now become an obsession for her. However, things take a serious turn when she finds...

Handwritten Tales: What Is Taboo by Jim D Buchanan explores how we as humans have a deep-seated need to communicate. We communicate in many ways these days between text, email and phone communications, although some ways have fallen by the wayside. Handwritten communication is one...

Banished from Memory by Mary P Sheeran explores a historical era in the 1960s, with a tapestry that exposes the dazzling lights of Hollywood culture and a legacy of family secrets about to destroy two young characters. Dianna Fletcher is sixteen when she lands a...

When it comes to getting into shape there are several steps to the process, but it doesn’t have to be entirely about working out like crazy. In fact, there are only a few moves that you need to do in order to start seeing results....

A Year of Living Kindly: Choices That Will Change Your Life and the World Around You by Donna Cameron is a book with the wisdom that enables readers to transform their lives with positive energy. In this book, readers learn what happens when they choose...

Pacific Viking: An Epic Historical Fiction by Barnaby Allen is an epic tale that is well researched. Set two hundred years ago, this is the story of a historical personage, a Viking named Charles Savage, a man who had to rise above powerlessness to...

Daughters of the Past is an anthology of five short stories/novellas written by Gracie Stathers , Nola Li Barr, Louisa M. Bauman, Lauren Lee Merewether, and Kimberly C. Miller. Whilst each story is different, there is a common theme described by the authors as the...

A Year of Extraordinary Moments by Bette Lee Crosby is a beautiful tale of romance and difficult choices. All that matters to Tracy Briggs now is taking care of her son with a hearing problem and guiding him to talk while taking care of her...