Accustomed to the Dark by Thomas DeConna is an interesting coming-of-age tale of friendship, relationships, and coming to terms with life and humanity. Young journalist Jenny Smith is looking for an opportunity to jump-start her journalism career. She has scored an interview with the reclusive...

Thanksgiving is a day everyone loves for its delicious feasts, leftovers, and family gatherings. Join a little boy who loved Thanksgiving as much as anyone with Shani T. Night's The Little Boy Who Craved Thanksgiving Leftovers: And the Lessons He Learned. Little Ricky was a...

Mage Breaker is a work of fiction in the urban fantasy, adventure, and interpersonal drama subgenres. It is best suited to mature YA and adult reading audiences. Author Sean R. Frazier invites us into a world where magic is not a gift but confinement. The...

Narrated by a deceased family dog, Molly, The Lede to our Undoing by Donald Mengay, provides insight into the lives of Jake and Wren, twins in 1970s rust-belt America. Molly's observations reveal their experiences as they navigate a changing society against a backdrop of civil,...

Starr of the Show is a story about friendship and making amends. Written by Leigh Reagan Alley, the book follows two best friends and fifth graders, Starr Solomon and Sunny Morgan, who used to be inseparable. When Starr inadvertently takes credit for the backpack Sunny...

That's My Name! Say it Right! by Adela Villalpando is a traditional alphabet book. The unique aspect of this ABC book is that each letter highlights a child's name and is followed by a pronunciation key. Each child interacts with something that begins with the...

Splish! Splash! Whoosh! Ocean Life by Sonia Maria is a lively introduction to the creatures that live in and around the sea. Starting on the beach, each creature has a page with a rhyming verse to introduce it. The closing line of each rhyme includes...

Alex the Adventurous Ant by Gia Meloni is the first in a series of books set in Letterland. Alex is a big-eyed character who is eager to explore beyond his home in the meadow. He wants to know what is on the other side of...

Pearls of Light: Passion, Poetry and Positive Affirmations by Andrew Pacholyk is a shining collection that effortlessly weaves together the realms of verse, feeling, and uplifting affirmations. This is a heartfelt journey that embraces readers with its poetic verses while guiding them toward self-discovery, empowerment,...

Partners in Time: A Harry and Jett Adventure is a work of fiction in the historical, time travel, and adventure subgenres. It is intended for the middle-grade reading audience and was penned by author Nicholas Hodgson. In this thrilling adventure tale, we meet Jett and...

in The Lonely Ghost, Gitte Tamar tells the story of a little ghost who, feeling different from the moment he became one, finds it difficult to get close to other children. This feeling of sadness led him to prefer being alone by his tombstone. One...

Mr. Flip Flap's Flip Flop Frenzy (Interesting Tales Book 4) by Shani T. Night is a children's book filled with brightness, color, high energy, and delight. Mr. Flip Flap is a pied piper with an energy and a love for the moving of flip flops...

Doubloon Cove: The Secret of the Templars' Satchel is the second book of the Doubloon Cove Series by Kelly Novak. It's 1992, and the Doubloon Cove gang, siblings Cindy and Jeffrey, alongside their friend, Steven, have arrived in Salem hoping to spend a parent-free weekend....

If you enjoyed reading Summer of L.U.C.K., you will enjoy this sequel, Ready or Not (Summer of L.U.C.K. Trilogy) by Laura Segal Stegman with illustrations by Victoria Marble. Justin Pennington is back along with his friends Darby McAllister and Naz Nezri at Camp Inch along...

Crossing the Tracks is a work of fiction in the historical fiction, interpersonal dramas, and social issues subgenres. It is best suited to the adult reading audience and mature teens wishing to learn about the dark realities of recent history. Penned by author Drew Hill,...

In Tinkle Tinkle Little One: Sing Along and Learn to Potty by DeCarol Jovanovic, a young child is trying to use the potty all by himself. He goes into the bathroom and gets ready to do what he needs to do. He sits down and...

New Beginnings: Greengrove Series by Helen C Kelly is a romance involving two people who had previously been hurt by love. Jane had been engaged to her high school sweetheart, only to have her heart broken by her fiancé Peter. David, a divorcé who was...

The Cage is a work of fiction in the interpersonal drama, intrigue, and dystopia subgenres. It is best suited to mature readers and was penned by author D. M. Smith. In the new reality we are introduced to, Cargo Flu devastated the world two decades...

The Bible is such a fascinating book with many stories depicting parables and lessons, providing answers to prayers, and giving life examples. There are several books of the Bible that I’ve come to enjoy over the decades due to the essence of the messages contained...

The crypt of an abbey in the town of Reachers hides ancient skeletons with puzzling anomalies. An anthropologist arrives in Reachers for research and is enchanted by Miss Brown's beautiful amber eyes. Is it a coincidence that the pagans he studies believed that eyes were...