Talking about a matter as complicated as adoption is never easy, but being an adoptee and a teenager at the same time can be overwhelming. Authors Gayle and Casey Swift, with illustrator Wesley Blauvelt, will be helpful to many young readers with their amazing work...

Effective Prayers: Prayers That Move God’s Heart is a work of non-fiction focused on elements of Christian living, penned by author Godwin Arisa. Told across seven core chapters that explain the different elements and actions that go into forming our prayers, the author explains the...

Loneliness (Roman Ruminations, Volume One) by Norman Weeks is a deeply contemplative text about the author’s state of existence: loneliness. His escape is the craft of writing where he provides commentary on some of the greatest academics and philosophers to substantiate or explore his own...

In The Language Theater by Maria Beatty, we are introduced to nine actors who are part of English grammar. Theo the grammarian is the lead of the show and soon we meet Verb, Noun, Article, Adverb, Adjective, Pronoun, Conjunction, Preposition, and Interjection. Each actor is...

Song of Ron by Ronald Steven Kaplan is a collection of poems, or songs as the poet puts it, that give glimpses of the poet's views on love lost, love celebrated, love sought, humor, and humanity. Since many of the poems are lyrics, they have...

Initiate: Final Hours by Carlos Velasquez is a courageous and finely detailed autobiography of his three-year voluntary service in the United States Army during the Vietnam War. It includes his basic training, his one-year tour in the fighting, and the aftermath back Stateside. We first...

An Elephant Ate My Arm: More True Stories from a Curious Traveler by Laurie McAndish King is a compilation of 21 stories from all over the globe, divided into sections titled The Flavors of Love; Eyes, Wings and Tongues; Body Works; Into the Kaleidoscope; and...

The Mystic's Way for Regular People by James Alexander is a slim book that explores communion with God and shows how accessible it is to ordinary people. Many people tend to believe that to become a mystic one needs to be learned, a scholar of...

Old man Jack and his unlikely companion, St. Sebastian the rat, travel the world together. They’ve seen many places and met many people but wherever they go Jack is met with ridicule and spite. This is all because of his strange beard. Jack becomes dejected...

One Wave: A Little Book of Oneness by Lauren Martin is a children’s picture book about how everything and everyone is connected by energy. The narrative has a wonderfully simplistic approach that will be able to help connect young readers to the message being delivered...

Dickens is a mischievous pup that wins the heart of Grandma. He comes into the family with lots of energy. When Grandma comes to visit, life changes. Grandma is a prim and proper gentlewoman. However, Dickens is anything but prim and proper. Read What the...

On My Way to Greatness by Wildine Pierre is a compact and inspirational book on how to use the power of affirmations in your life. What I liked most about the book is that this author lets readers know that the power of affirmations goes...

Are you different? Do you have a child that does not seem to fit in? Many people struggle with a part of themselves that is not like everyone else. David Mulholland, in Otto: The Not-So-Little Giant, tackles the struggles those who are different endure. Otto...

Dennis O’Donnell’s 40 for 40 is less a memoir than a bucket list, a“wish list” that, for years, was subconscious. He reached each memorable milestone and learned from his experiences. As a youngster, he was subjected to peer pressure. In his twenties, he became aware...

The Call of Jeremiah McGill by Joseph Moore is a Christian middle-grade novel set in Missouri in the early 1970s. Eleven-year-old Jeremiah is a preacher’s son in a faith-driven family. Jeremiah is content to read comic books and hang out with friends although he sees...

Hiccup’s Holiday Hunt: A Christmas Adventure is a children’s look-and-find picture book by Dave W. Ball with illustrations by Design Pickle. The book has a festive theme, and all the items to find are Christmas-related. Follow Hiccup, a blue egg-shaped friendly being in a Santa...

In Bridges Between Our Hearts, Jennifer Collins has written an awe-inspiring book about a woman who loses her daughter and how the ones who are left behind handle their grief at the loss. The story unfolds most sensitively and the reader will find themself identifying...

A shotgun shack in New Orleans is home to Bill Bailey and many other cats like him. Eartha feeds the kittens before leaving for work. Bill Bailey, the cat who loves to wander, is not happy that the humans in his neighborhood cannot understand him....

People suffer from addiction issues all over the world and it's a tough road back to recovery. Yosef Kutner struggled with alcoholism for decades before he found the strength to refrain from using alcohol to deal with life. In Everyone Is Addicted, Kutner presents a...

Soul Cloud by Yosef Kutner is an enthralling tale that combines elements of science fiction, technology, and spirituality. The story revolves around three MIT graduate students who embark on an ambitious project to upload a human brain into a supercomputer. As their innovative endeavor progresses,...