A Gherkinary, Squeaktastic, and Cluckendary Odyssey Cubed: League of Heroes as Chicken Man, Pickle Man, and the Rat of Justice by Joseph Lupton chronicles the adventures of Joseph, a one-of-a-kind 3-in-1 superhero. When his arch-nemesis, Lord Darkenstein, breaks out from a dimensional prison and gathers...

As a reviewer, there are times when I feel desperate to read something different, something that will instantly engage me with its unique plot, realistic settings, compelling characters, and unfamiliar cultural practices and beliefs. One Hundred Silent Ways by A.A. Mohammad is the book that...

Melinda Deir-Boyette has authored an interesting book in Wake Up Sleeping Church! The title is intriguing. I agree that the modern church is asleep at the wheel and needs to be awakened. However, as you read this book, you may agree or disagree with...

Lenny and Leila and the Magical Hummingbirds by Ebonie P. Fields is an insightful story of discovery and understanding. Siblings Lenny and Leila are unhappy that their family will soon be moving from Jamaica to the United States. The pair runs away together in search...

When Suzanna Jordan received the news that her former husband was dead and buried, she felt it would be the beginning of a new chapter. The man who had made her life a journey of pain and subjugation was finally gone - or so she...

If we stumble and fall, most of us expect to get back up, dust ourselves off, and continue on to where we were headed. We might not have considered what we would do if our feet lost their functionality and failed to support our weight....

Learning the alphabet is the first step to reading and Kim Marie’s A to Z Animal Picnic makes a great aid that will be equally welcomed by parents, playschool leaders, and kindergarten teachers. Each letter is printed in a different colored font from the rest....

Gracie and the Radar Girls: Women's Air Raid Defense written by Karen J Moore and illustrated by Lyn Meredith is a picture book dedicated to the brave women who volunteered to work in the Women's Air Raid Defense division during World War II. The book...

Rachelle Gage grew up with an autistic brother. Her experiences with him inspired her to write Jacob's Extraordinary Day. Jacob communicates through a picture book specially created for him. One day all the children helped to prepare for the Spring Jam the following day. They...

Corbin Speaks Bee is a sweet, educational children’s picture book by Emma Pesis and illustrated by Divya George. Corbin’s not like any other kid – he can speak Bee. Well, sort of. He watches them carefully, and in turn, they teach him all kinds of...

Prop is a small firefighting propeller-driven plane that lives at Zik International Airport, and every day he sees military aircraft going on special missions. Little Prop wishes he could be like them and make a difference. One day he meets Oz, a special kind of...

Five Will Die by L.A. Detwiler is a psychological thriller with an interesting plot. Becky has just started work at the Evermore Publishing Team, looking for a new start, but this may not be what she had in mind. Everyone in the office has a...

Game Changer is the heart-wrenching, gut-twisting drama that is the life of the Frase family. Paul Frase and Alison Rockett are the loving parents of Joshua Miles Frase. Joshua has a rare genetic disorder. He is differently-abled, but this did not stop his parents from...

Tom struggled to comprehend why his grandparents did not decide to rescue him earlier, leaving him to contend with feeling abandoned while transferring from one foster home to another throughout his miserable youth. He wondered why his grandparents had abandoned him for so long before...

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...

Treat yourself to a cozy murder mystery novel in the upcoming holiday season with Forecast of Gold and Murder: Secrets of the Pirate Mountain by Anya Magnusson. Due to her husband's job in Puerto Rico, Samy moves to the small mountainous town of Andantera, where...

Seven Ghosts is the final installment of the Matt Preston Novel series by Paul Shadinger. Matt Preston was enjoying his hard-earned but humdrum retirement when a newspaper report of a hit-and-run incident involving his former friend and fellow "ghost" Trey embroils him in a deep...

After I finished reading Murder Among the Tombstones, the first of the Clara and Iris Mystery Series, I found myself briefly thinking more about the incredible skill of the author, Kim Carter, than the story itself. How cleverly she hooked me in that exciting opening...

Red Dove, Run Through the Fire is a work of fiction in the adventure and cultural fiction subgenres. It forms the third book of the Red Dove Trilogy for children in the middle-grade reading group and was penned by Sonia Antaki. In this continuation of...

The On Purpose Growth Plan: Architecting a High Performance Life by Kirsten K. Oelrich is a book about personal growth systems. It shares insights that the author has gathered from her mentors and the high-performance systems and methodologies she has developed from her experiences....