Most young people today watch movies featuring spy stories, with car chases, exciting scenarios, and quick-fix conclusions. So You Want To Be A Spy by Linda Soules opens the door to the real world. As one of her series explaining many different careers, in this...

In Pamela S. K. Glasner's Journey Key, Nora's existence is defined by the repetitive chores in her home and the demands of her dismissive husband, Lyle. Life in Winter Falls takes a sharp turn when a loose floorboard reveals a tin box containing a key...

In So You Want To Be A Surgeon, Linda Soules invites young readers directly into the quiet, high-stakes world of the operating room. Far from the chaotic drama we usually see on television, this book shines a light on the real-world patience and intense preparation...

A beautiful flower farm is the setting for Willow Tales by Joni Franks. Granny Bloom has grown and sold flowers for as long as anyone can remember. Helping her is a Welsh corgi named Sebastian. The two are inseparable and make a great team running...

So You Want To Be A Professional Athlete by Linda Soules is a well-written book that will inspire children aspiring to be athletes with the necessary information about what the profession entails. Linda begins by describing who a professional athlete is and what they do...

So You Want to Be an Explorer by Linda Soules continues the So You Want to Be series. The world we live in is amazing, but so much of it has never been seen. If you’ve ever dreamed of being the next big explorer, this...

“After all, I won’t say I’m completely innocent, but I’m not exactly… not guilty.” It's difficult to separate the guilty from the innocent in Blood Echoes, the latest novel from prolific author Aaron Ryan. It is also challenging to understand where the source of true...

Linda Soules’s So You Want To Be A Deep Sea Diver introduces young readers to the demanding and fascinating world beneath the ocean’s surface. The book explains what it means to work in deep water, where every movement depends on training, patience, and specialized equipment....

So You Want to Be a Vaccine Developer (Immunologist) by Linda Soules introduces young readers to immunology and vaccine science, explaining how scientists teach the immune system to recognize and fight diseases. The book explains how vaccines work by helping the body create memory cells...

So You Want to Be a Treasure Hunter (Archaeologist) by Linda Soules introduces young readers to archaeology through storytelling, science, and real-world exploration. The book explains how archaeologists carefully discover the stories of ordinary people through pottery, tools, bones, walls, and forgotten objects buried beneath...

In Baseball, Birthday, and Ten-Cent Beer by Gregg Sapp, Solomon Zuch loves baseball, and his favorite team is the Cleveland Indians. The Indians' management runs a lottery for home games to pick birthday boys to serve as honorary ballboys. Plans were made for the entire...

In Sandra L. Huska's Think of the Sunflower, Nikee Madison travels from Pittsburgh to rural Pennsylvania for her twentieth high school reunion, expecting an uncomfortable weekend. Instead, a locked metal box hidden in her late mother’s attic leads her toward a buried secret connected to...

So You Want To Be A Toy Designer by Linda Soules introduces young readers to toy creation, showing how toys evolve from simple ideas into finished products children can hold, explore, and enjoy. The book explains how toy design involves an understanding of how children...

So You Want To Be A Magician by Linda Soules introduces young readers to the world of magic through a blend of performance, psychology, history, and practical insight. The book explains how magicians create wonder through attention control, sleight of hand, preparation, and storytelling. Early...

Pruning a hydrangea begins long before the first cut, because the shrub’s identity determines where its next flowers are forming. Lorraine B. Ballato's Hydrangea Pruning guides readers from identification to the appropriate pruning moment, explaining how buds on last year’s stems follow a different calendar...

Get Through This Book by Brett Rumfelt is an interactive picture book that follows a bright green character who desperately tries to make it through the pages of a story. Convinced the book looks boring, the character decides the quickest solution is simply to get...

So You Want to Be an Animator is one of more than 180 career-orienting books by Linda Soules. Dedicated to the profession of being an animator, it is an illustrated non-fiction book for children aged between ten and fourteen. With the aid of colorful, stunning...

So You Want To Be A Crime Scene Investigator by Linda Soules is a well-written book capable of inspiring children who want to be crime scene investigators in the future. Linda starts by explaining what a crime scene investigator does, including taking photographs of crime...

Linda Soules’s So You Want to Be a Ballet Dancer introduces young readers to the demanding and artistic world of ballet. The book explains that ballet is far more than graceful performances onstage. It is a discipline built on years of physical training, repetition, precision,...

Don't Tell by Teresa Schapansky is a deeply personal and harrowing memoir based on the life story of Troy Edward Eklund. The book walks you through Troy’s painful childhood, his addiction, and his fight for a better life—all before his sudden death in 2025. Troy...