Imagine a farm for butterflies. Having enjoyed their yearly trek to our northern rural home, I delight in the idea of creating a pollinator-friendly garden to welcome the butterflies and help them multiply. We need these pollinators and they are in a precarious situation that...

Pathway to Home: A Becker Family Novel by Pat Wahler will appeal strongly to fans of contemporary romance with complex characters. Not long after casting the ashes of her mother into the waters, Mira is given a letter her mother left behind with her friend,...

Dog is a stray. He doesn’t have any other name. Just Dog. No one has owned him, so he was never given a name. He lives off food from the dumpster next to a local diner. And he sleeps on a discarded duvet in an...

Nor By Might is a work of fiction in the science fiction, emotional drama, and thrilling adventure sub-genres, and was penned by author J. D. Morales. Written for adult reading audiences, the work does contain scenes of violence, the use of explicit language throughout, moderate...

Hiba Shublak’s Where is Bejou? is a children’s picture book that has a sweet-natured narrative throughout. It focuses on a little girl who is searching for her beloved dog Bejou and comes across a variety of other creature characters that point her in the direction...

In Depths and Venom by C.R. Defuoco, self-made millionaire businessman Perry Roniami has never placed any importance on good morals or the well-being of others. For Perry, the only thing that matters is that he is respected and admired by everyone. As Perry recovers from...

Five-year-old Oliver loves living on a pirate ship with his pirate parents. He loves being a pirate and playing around on the ship, but being around everything piratical also gives him a wild imagination. Oliver is a sick little boy, and while he is in...

Sally Lee Baker is up to the letter X in her series of alphabet stories. Xiomara the Xiphodon, written and illustrated by Sally Lee Baker, is filled with words that either start with or include the letter X. I even learned a new word. Xenodochy...

Speak to the Fire: What to Believe in a Messed up World is the first book in the God Notes nonfiction series by Joy Ryan. It is an inspirational book in which the author shares her story and her powerful encounter with God. Born into...

Dinosaur Adventure: A Field Trip to Remember is a children’s educational storybook written by Kelly Santana Banks and illustrated by Dipali Dutta. What could be more exciting than going on a field trip to the dinosaur museum? Once the class got there, Miss Gina separated...

The Adventures of Artie and Zac by Judeh Simon is a story about a boy whose dad is an inventor whose inventions always work. Dad also has the habit of talking about pixies and dragons and other creatures that Zac is sure don’t exist. Until...Dad...

Bubbly By The Sea by B. K. Sweeting is an aesthetic collection of short poems with diverse themes. It will take readers on an exciting journey that will pull them into the poems to feel, see, and learn. The collection has been divided into two...

Jimbo The Farting Robot is a children’s humorous picture book written and illustrated by Momo J. Pug. The inventor’s laboratory is filled with amazing creations: a superpowered cleaner, a poke-bot which ensures the inventor never snoozes on the job; there’s even a trapper keeper bot...

When King Kaison is poisoned, his wife Alanna is on the run in hopes of protecting their unborn child, Alric. It is prophesied by the Oracle that this boy will possess a power no other before has ever known. In one final act of her...

Dave W. Ball’s Hiccups Again is brightly and boldly illustrated by the graphic design service Design Pickle, with twenty pages of absolute fun for preschoolers. With scenes ranging across a wide spectrum of places (from a toy factory to a pool and water park) and...

Bellocaro by P. S. Meraux is a vampire story with a difference. Skye Moon has had enough. Trying to escape the school jock who won't leave her alone, she finds herself deep in the woods. There, she meets Thatcher, a mysterious boy to whom...

All Is Not LOST: How I Friended Failure on the Island and Found a Way Home by Shannon Kenny Carbonell is a deep and honest memoir that will resonate with anyone who's ever felt lost and looking for a way back home and to self....

Two Kingdoms: The epic struggle for truth and purpose amidst encroaching darkness - a medieval fantasy by DC Moore is a completely engrossing YA fantasy journey. This debut novel has all you want in a medieval story: character-driven storylines, life-defining choices, compelling conflict and dialogue,...

Please Don't Tell Cooper He's A Dog is a children’s animal picture book written by Michelle Lander Feinberg and illustrated by Anna Mosca. Cooper was definitely their dog; from the moment they set eyes upon him at the animal shelter, they knew he was going...

In The Prince of Earth by Mike Robinson, we first meet Quincy Loverly in an internal crisis. Her fears cause her to cancel her day at work in a studio that produces video games around the “quest” scenario. Her emotional crisis is vague to the...