The Surreal Adventures of Anthony Zen by Cameron A. Straughan chronicles the whimsical and bizarre escapades of Anthony Zen, whose daily life is marked by bizarre visions and capricious encounters, from peculiar dreams like attending a belated costume party in a banana suit to maneuvering...

"Professor Googols Flying Time Machine and Space Capsule Math Primer" by Samuel W. Valenza, Jr., is the answer to the dreaded MathPhobia! Valenza is a genius; he makes learning math fun and easy. Kids love comic and graphic books. This one fits both descriptions. This...

The Great PJ Elf Chase: A Christmas Eve Tradition by Judy Voigt and Karen LoBello is an endearing story for small kids with Christmas as the backdrop. The Christmas Eve tradition at the Taylor household is that when the boys go to take their baths,...

"Being a birth parent in the adoption world can be difficult. It is hard to talk or write about." So confides Darrick C. Rizzo, author of The Open Adoption. That difficulty takes on a special meaning for birth fathers, silent voices rarely heard regarding the...

The Cats Who Crossed Over From Paris: Inca Cat Series Book 1 by R.F. Kristi is the adorable story of Inca the Siberian cat and her furry family. The family consists of her brother, Fromage, who loves cheese, and her sister, Cara. They move to...

The Secret That Killed You by Steve Hadden is an Ike Rossi Thriller. Amelia Garcia is 35 years old, and most of her adult life has been spent protecting others as an Air Force drone pilot. Using a deepwater remotely operated vehicle to find lost...

Dream Phaze: Germination by Matt Watters is a sci-fi tale that delves into the alternate world of virtual reality. At the core of this story is Dr. Saxon Zynn. With the help of his wife, Zynn is about to launch his brainchild, the Dream Immersion,...

Dream Phaze: Imagination by Matt Watters is the page-turning sequel to Germination. While the first book introduced the concept of Dream Immersion, the sequel follows how this futuristic technology is exploited and how it has spawned a new breed of crime. Criminals who have flown...

The Little Candle, written and illustrated by Iva Maurin, is a story of perseverance and courage. The little candle is originally part of a group of other cute, colorful little candles. Then, one day, there is a party, and all the candles line up to...

I was very interested to read this book based on the name alone. I guess the “Don’t judge the book by its cover” maxim is very true this time. First let me tell you that the name has nothing to do with fantasy at all,...

A sweet but spicy journey from seed to table, The Life and Dreams of Pimientos de Padrόn by Katherine Anne Lee is a fascinating telling of this spicy Mexican dish. An interesting hybrid of poetry and prose, Katherine Anne Lee starts us off in the...

In Dreams of the Turtle King: Poems Inspired by South Florida Beaches, Denise Bossarte shows there is so much of life on the beach. It is a world full of metaphors and thoughtful inspirations. As the waves wash up on the sandy beach, all is...

The Sweet Dream Fairy is a children’s book written by Caren Cantrell and illustrated by Pratip Bhattacharjee. Violet is a Sweet Dream Fairy who sprinkles fairy dust on children as they sleep, keeping all of the bad dreams at bay. After hearing a child’s distress...

Dreams of the Philippines: Escape from Clark Air Base by Dave Ives is an interesting story with an international setting in the Philippines, an exciting blend of military and crime fiction. When US Air Force Second Lieutenant Sean Mitchell gets on the military cargo aircraft,...

The Sea Cat Dreams by J.R. Poulter is a beautifully written, heartwarming children's book that follows a sailor's cat as he looks back on his life. The cat had not been born a sailor's cat; instead he was born on a farm, but one day...

The American Dream: Door to Door Millionaires by Dwight Treadwell, Sr is the author's story of success and a self-help guide for all those he would describe as an average Joe or Jane. Treadwell has compiled this book and filled it with the traditional methods...

Josephine, or Jo, will do anything for her sister, Isobel, and anything is what she is doing by meeting with a mesmerist. The Graveyard of Forgotten Dreams is set in the late 1800s. Jo and her sister have survived the Orphan Trains, but that is...

The Garden of Forgotten Dreams by Avalon Dane is an empowering novel about a young mother who finds her voice and works towards her dreams. After an exhilarating romance, Kaitlyn Collins settles down with Matt, the man of her dreams as she thought of him...

The Kiminee Dream is a work of fiction in the magical realism, family saga, and small-town drama sub-genres, and was penned by author Laura McHale Holland. Mixing the everyday humdrum life of a family beset by tragedy with the incredible magical events that happen in...

The Cycle of a Dream: A Kid’s Introduction to Structural Racism in America by Kimberly Narain is an easy and direct short book describing the origins and the development of systemic racism in the United States. It is beautifully illustrated by Mike Motz, who demonstrates...