Being a tween brings its own set of pressures and expectations as you're about to begin your adolescent years and just shy of being a teenager. Kathleen Boucher's 9 Ways to Empower Tweens #Lifeskills is a self-help guidebook in which twelve-year-old twins Emma and Elliot...

In Who's New At Lou's Zoo by JoAnn M. Dickinson, we find that there’s a new kid on the block, or perhaps more accurately, a new animal is coming to the zoo. Lou, an alpaca, defines himself as the zookeeper for the space the animals...

Fox, the baker, enjoyed eating the gingerbread cookies baked by the little old man and the little old woman. But as time passed, the taste of these sweet cookies faded from his memory. Fox knew it was time to bake the best gingerbread cookies, but...

Many people struggle with their mental and emotional health. Carrie Vanderbilt helps readers understand their emotions in I Don’t Know Why I Act Like This: How to Uncover the Relationship Between Your Mental Health and Your Emotions. This self-help book contains information, suggestions, and activities...

The Girl Who Counted Numbers: A Novel by Roslyn Bernstein is a well-written and well-researched historical work that chronicles a young woman’s quest to solve a family mystery. Seventeen-year-old Susan Reich graduated from high school early and wants to take a break by going out...

In Almost Full Circle: From Montserrat to Canada and Back-ish, Jacqueline Greer Graham takes readers back to her Caribbean roots, her youth in Montserrat, and her time in Canada with her mother and stepfather. She remembers the wonderful and positive experiences she had as a...

Crosby the Not-So-Snappy Crocodile is a picture book in the animal adventure subgenre and forms part of the Bit Different Collection of stories. The work is for young readers, accompanied and newly independent, and was penned by author Joanne Moore with lively illustrations provided by...

Adrian Archer was bullied at school and called names. Adrian loved his mother and did not tell her the truth about school. She had enough problems of her own with his father, who was abusive toward him and his mother. Adrian had a plan and...

Zaidy's War: Four Armies, Three Continents, Two Brothers. One Man's Impossible Story of Endurance by Martin Bodek is a captivating tale of self-discovery and perseverance. Set in northern Romania, in the territory of Transylvania, the story follows Benzion Malik, a member of the Malik family,...

Flower of Vlora by Anna Kohen is the author's memoir and tribute to the Albanians that saved her Romaniote Jewish community, one of the oldest European Jewish groups. The author is determined to help the Albanians get recognition for their help during the Holocaust. She...

Malone Ridge by James K. Dill follows a young woman's journey as she navigates the trials and tribulations of life to carve out a path for herself. Eve Malone was the star cross-country runner of her high school, eager to pursue further studies in college....

Seventeen-year-old Alexandros was the only child of his farmer parents. They were dirt poor and lived on the island of Anafi, where there was nothing to do except farm and fish. Alexandros was very annoyed at his father, who refused to grow anything but beans...

In The Dragon is Missing (Polish Dragon P. I.) by Steve Zimcosky, readers dive into an exciting mystery when Tom Sipowicz, affectionately known as the Polish Dragon, mysteriously disappears. His partner and fellow investigator, Suzie, is determined to find him and sets off on an...

Forbidden Blossom (Skyline Mansion Book 1) by Nola Li Barr is the first of a series of books that deals with issues such as family, love, and cross-cultural relationships through the eyes of a young Taiwanese American, Anne Huang. Since graduating college, Anne has traveled...

The world's most popular art and antiquities private investigator is at it again and this time it's going to take some of his very best sleuthing skills to solve this mystery. Armand Arnolfini looks into the disappearance of rare bones that have a historically significant...

Too many children don’t like who they are. They don’t like the color of their eyes, the color of their skin, or how tall or short they are. Brown Skin, Curly Hair, I Love Being Me! by Paula Swearingen tells the story of a young...

It is normal for all of us to feel sad and lonely on occasion, but it can be more complicated for young children to deal with those feelings. The Lonely Toadstool: A Children's Book About Emotions and New Friends That Come as We Find Our...

That's Not My Cat by Anne-Marie Tucker, Candace J Semien, and Nai Saechao is a thought-provoking children's picture book about the people we love who suffer the effects of an injury, illness, or disability. Life is not fair, and sometimes a tragedy may suddenly change...

I’ve never been a fan of magic, and when it comes to black magic, well I’ve always figured that’s the domain of fantasy fiction writers and filmmakers…that is, until I read Sneaky Showbiz by Simo Ben. Now I am seriously wondering if the downturns in...

Sweet Little You by Joni Halabi is an inspirational children’s picture book about a mother sharing her journey of donor-assisted reproduction in a way that a child might be able to understand. The narration is a lovely rhyme that simplifies what it meant for her...