The Grumpy Old Fart is a children's picture book written and illustrated by Rebecca Porter. The story is about Mr. Fart, a grumpy old goat who loves his solitude and hates being disturbed. He spends most of his time reading the newspaper on his porch...

Goodnight Sunshine is a bedtime storybook written and illustrated by Rebecca Porter. It narrates the story of the sun as it prepares to sleep after a long day. Just like our little ones, the sun slowly drifts into slumber with the knowledge that new adventures...

In 1868, a mining consortium hired Butterfield Stage Line and Wells Fargo stagecoach companies to carry large shipments of gold coins to Nevada. But someone leaked the information to rustlers in the area. The outlaws robbed both stage lines near Las Vegas, took the nail...

A special bond exists between a pet and its owner/caregiver. It’s difficult to explain to someone who doesn’t (and never has) owned a pet. But, from one dog lover/owner to another, I can vouch for its existence. So can Don Hughes, as evident in his...

No Goin' Home by Valerie Allen is a short story that explores divorce and the impact it has on families. Why do people get divorced, and who is to blame? On the day that Clayton Oakley goes to pick up his two sons, he has...

Natural Ukraine Coloring Book: Flowers, Animals, Scenic Landscapes, and Off-the-Beaten-Trail Sites is from the Peace for Ukraine Series by Anne M. Lundquist. The coloring pages show spectacular sketches of famous landmarks, including medieval architecture dating back to 1062, unusual flowers, animals, fish, and uncommon trail...

Magical Ukraine by Anne M. Lundquist is a coloring book for all ages. This incredible book features characters through brief biographies that explain their role in Ukrainian mythology. You’ll meet several important figures, including Lesovyk, Chuhaister, and Pol’ovyk. Two folklore stories are incorporated which introduce...

Madison Kleigh and the Onyx Stone is a young adult novel by Jeffrey David Montanye. Twelve-year-old Madison Kleigh watches as her father Michael's ship launches him and the crew from NASA to Mars. A curious package arrives in the post many months later. Madison believes...

How to Construct Chat AI Prompts to Help You Write Your Novel, a manual with sample prompts for writers by Ashley Parker Owens, is a practical how-to guide to using artificial intelligence for your writing. I would consider this to be more of an introduction...

Tilly the Turtle is a children’s preschool story by Isabel Scheck. Tilly the Turtle enjoys spending time with her mother. She gets to explore the deep blue sea and see many beautiful things. One day, while swimming together, Tilly stopped to admire a shiny shell,...

In Callen Kropp’s book, Ozzy Ox: Candy Stash, Ozzy Ox is helping Mom Ox put the groceries away. He discovers a bag of candy he didn’t know they’d bought at the store. Thinking he’s found a real treasure, he sneaks it up to his room,...

Jack Heape's To Die A Hero is a sci-fi military novella from the Orion Federation Series. After dropping out from the Moulin Military Academy, much to the chagrin of her father, Caroline Jacquier (CJ) joins the Federation Navy. Meanwhile, there is an ongoing war between...

What Will Santa Wear? written and illustrated by Tammy Lempert is a joyful holiday tale filled with Christmas cheer. It is Christmas Eve and Mrs. Claus has prepared a warm bowl of nourishing soup for Santa to eat before he begins the adventure of delivering...

A Little Elf Saves Christmas: Tales From Grandpa Joe, 6 is written and illustrated by Tammy Lempert. Eddie the Hedgehog is upset. He feels like no one listens to him because he is so small and young. Grandpa Joe decides to tell Eddie a story...

Ashley Hawthorne invites her readers into an unlikely Texan romance in Deliver Me. Mia Anderson, a young college student with a strong religious background, participates in a prisoner letter exchange program to make some inmates feel less lonely as endless hours tick away. Her letter...

Solid principles for good leadership, insightful tips and thoughts, helpful guidelines, and much more are found inside Thom Hayes’s Don’t Lead by Example. There are so many books on leadership in the market, so why read this one? When I read it, what struck me...

In The Right Words by Meg Rosenthal, college student Ember Owens is assigned a partner project in her advanced creative writing contest. Group projects are not her jam. To make matters worse, social phenomenon Matt Callahan is her designated writing partner. Their writing topic is...

The Bayrose Files by Diane Wald is the story of an aspiring journalist who gets into a morally questionable situation that she later regrets. Violet Maris was twenty-six years old and a budding literary critic for a minor Boston newspaper when she heard of "The...

Balance, Pedal, Breathe: A Journey Through Medical School is a work of non-fiction in the memoir, motivational, and sports writing subgenres. It is suitable for the general adult reading audience. This heartfelt and insightful memoir penned by author Claire Unis takes readers on a captivating...

Mark I West’s book of children’s poetry, The Peeve and the Grudge and Other Preposterous Poems, highlights the humor often overlooked in expressions many of us use daily. The titular opening poem finds a child’s parents retrieving several fictive items from the sea, which they...