A Phantom’s Vengeance by Marco Mizzi is a dark and gritty story surrounding the civil war that has broken out in the kingdom of Mesanda. High Lord Shorid seeks to claim the throne from his brother King Marnol and slowly creeps his way north to...

Reena Korde Pagnoni has authored the children’s book Rambee Boo & The Christmas Sock! It’s Christmas time. Families are busy. Stress is high. Rambee Boo is a young dog who has lost his favorite sock. Rock is his “big brother.” This book tells the story...

Little Saci-Pererê: No More Mischief by Rachelle Jones Smith, illustrated by Mykhailo Ridkous, is the tale of a cute little Brazilian mischief-maker. Saci is a trickster, similar to a genie. He can cause farm animals to misbehave. He can steal socks, and create a whirlwind....

All babies like to snuggle close when darkness approaches. For many animals, it’s bedtime, a time to go to sleep. Puppies and kittens snuggle close to their mothers, as do baby bears and lion cubs. It’s also time for human babies to sleep, too, all...

Hidden Demon by Fish Phillips is a futuristic action thriller designed to keep you breathless and unsettled until the last page. The year is 2044. Despite taking a bullet for the U.S. president, Secret Service Agent Dee Johnson is considered a failure in her mission...

Maxwell is a delightful story! Author Jeremy C. Gredone came up with an unexpected and sweet little tale jam-packed with ideas and creativity. The illustrator, D. Sherene Ouffutt, filled the pages with joyful color and exciting details that will keep children enthralled. The premise is...

Brittnie Blackburn’s picture book story, You Are a Superhero, Too!, is a sentimental, touching tribute to all siblings, especially those with special needs. What would you do if your sibling had special needs? Would you help her (or him), as the little girl in the...

Desert Song: Claiming Joy while Walking the Wilderness is Brittnie Blackburn’s memoir of her struggle through anorexia, infertility, parenting a special-needs child, and birthing a stillborn child. Despite life and death events that threaten to drown her joy, she has learned to walk through the...

Those Darn Stripes is a work of non-fiction in the memoir genre. It is suitable for the general reading audience and was penned by Tyrel Nelson. The book is a reflection on the author’s life during a period of intense turbulence and change, in which...

The lives of a family unexpectedly change when an abandoned teenage boy arrives at their farm in the heartwarming novel 1971 by Matt McGowan. After his father dies, thirteen-year-old Bud and his stepmother Fanny leave Detroit and head to California. On a rural highway in...

Space Jelly by author and illustrator Reginald P. Howard is a humorous graphic novel suitable for adult and young adult readers. Sports fans everywhere are so turned off by the amount of time devoted to political and social issues during coverage of televised events that...

Reginald P. Howard both wrote and illustrated Here Come the Mice. His story is the tale of a low-ranked college basketball team that amazingly advances to the championship against the Big Cats. The Big Cats are favored to beat the Muskogee Mice by a margin...

Two young boys go on an exciting adventure to a forbidden island in the adorable children's picture book, The Legend of the Green Gorilla by Sean Woolford. Brothers Mark and Stu are adventurers at heart. When they sail to a nearby island to explore, they...

At first glance, American Tax Trivia: The Ultimate Quiz on U.S. Taxation by Mike Kowis may look like a book solely for tax junkies. However, this book was—dare I say—entertaining even for a person like me who uses tax software to do her taxes and...

Towards a Natural Social Contract by Patrick Huntjens is an influential non-fiction book with the primary focus of "Transformative Social-Ecological Innovation for a Sustainable, Healthy and Just Society." Across three parts and six chapters, introduction and conclusion excluded, Huntjens offers up an independently conceptualized and...

Jennifer Decker’s Oliver and the Wishing Star is a story about a young boy named Oliver who made a life-changing wish on a wishing star. Oliver was upset and frustrated because he was not allowed to go to his friend’s house since he was not...

Sparks and Disperses by Cathleen Cohen is a poetic breath of fresh air to revisit again and again. If you are a visual artist or know someone who is, these poems may especially appeal to you, as they are created from this viewpoint. It may...

The Undiscovered Descendants is the first book of the Nordri Series by Jo Visuri. Auor Island is somewhat isolated from the mainland, but it has always been Elin's home. With her closest friends going off to school on the mainland this year, Elin is starting...

Do you receive an allowance or money gifts on special occasions? Do you save the money, or spend it right away? Do you often feel you don’t have enough money for all the things you want? Well, perhaps, like Bella, you need to learn to...

Cursed Charm by Jali Henry is the first book in the Arcane Witches series. Bree was an ordinary woman who had just lost her job, and her choice to prevent an attack led to the discovery that she was a powerful Arcane witch. The next...