The Dog Called Hitler by Walerian Domanski is a collection of short stories about events that happened in Communist Poland. While the short stories are fiction, many are based on true events or combine a nice blend of fiction with facts. The stories all share...

The Jump Shot by Tony Gales is an ideal book for boys who play sports. Bennie the turtle plays basketball for Liberty Elementary School. He is the star player on the team and is terrific at jump shot. Bennie is unable to find time to...

In The National Memorial, John Barth Jr pits a crusader for a better world against the societal undercurrents that aim only to drag all down to the lowest common denominator. Henry Beaugard is an ordinary man who works hard to realize his vision of empowering...

The fascinating novella The Forbidden Customs of Africa by Mubanga Chipalo recounts the experiences of Andrew and Mary Hamazila and their son John, blinded by smallpox, during three decades of British colonial rule in Zambia. As Andrew and Mary come to terms with their son...

The Dinosaur's New Shoes (Teddy T-Rex) by James S. Martinez is a delightfully uplifting storybook for children. The hero in this story is Teddy T-Rex, a young dinosaur who is excited about going to school. He wants to show off his new shoes to his...

In The Torch Singer by J. William Penn, screenwriter Lawrence Ross is best known for “Torch,” a very violent police drama, but longs to be recognized for his more serious work, such as his PBS documentary about President Eisenhower’s early years. Then, a director taps...

Ninth grade means new beginnings but the mystery that surrounds Pemota Regional High School signifies something much deeper. Rey Naresh, the main character in The Avocadonine and Spring Stone by Patrick Barnes, hasn’t really fitted in, although he has a few friends. Instead of remaining...

Ray Porter is just your average guy. Hard worker, handsome military veteran, on his way home for a weekend break from his minimum salary job. Knowing that he probably made a poor decision to indulge in a few Friday night drinks before hitting the road,...

Jiggles is a very unusual little pig. This is quite a concern for his parents. While Mom, Dad and Jiggles' siblings all frolic in the mud to stay cool, Jiggles wants to run to the river to get clean. He refuses to play with everyone...

AJ Krafton and Ash Krafton's The Heartbeat Thief was not at all the book I expected. Now, that can be a good thing or a bad thing. In this case, it was a very good thing. It is a story of the greatest of loves,...

A baby owl is born and, like all newborns, this baby is very hungry. However, this baby owl, Ollie, never seems to outgrow his hunger and as he grows he eats more and more. His parents have a difficult time keeping up with the baby's...

I absolutely loved The Ant Who Can't - La Hormiga Que No Puede by A.M. Vela and Mary Esparza-Vela. The story is about an ant named Frita who is not very good at carrying food for her colony. One day when Frita’s colony is attacked...

The Path to Job Search Success by Tom Payne begins with an interesting observation that humans are psychologically wired to move in the wrong direction down the job-search path. Tom Payne therefore emphasizes the need to be well prepared with the correct approach at all...

The Bracelet by Todd W. Cheney has Michael Alex, an expert mechanic, receiving a package which contains a bracelet that can grant any wish. Not very convinced about its ability, and to check this, the first wish he makes is for a colleague to have...

The Awakening by Sameer Ram is about bringing about transformation within individuals. All the instructions to form the technique for effecting this, as the author mentions, were received the form of dreams. The technique is divided into three distinct phases – Cleansing, Internal Transformation, and...

The Amazing Book of No by M.K. Mathias is an interesting book that speaks about the concept of the 'no' word. The book tells the story of two mothers who are different in their approach to handling kids. One mother says 'no' and other does...

The Treacherous Wheels: An Oliver DeVille Short Story by Vetle Sivertsen centers on Oliver DeVille, an expert in religious extremism. He and his colleagues are enjoying their relaxing team-building event in the Belgian countryside when a radical right-wing French politician is brutally murdered at the...

The Grand Adventures of Henry Little by Greg Evans is a clever children's science fiction story. Henry Little flies to a magical realm called Ytilaernu using a vacuum cleaner he finds in the closet. Apparently, traveling through space is done quite regularly as long as...

In The NEAR by L.A. Jones, Detective Kirt Edo is haunted by the long ago disappearance of his older brother. Fortunately the failure to solve his brother’s disappearance does not prevent him from being a good cop. When the discovery of a dead woman in...

The Smelly Pirate is a children’s adventure by Amanda Bannikov. Knight Kimothin and Tippy the Dragon live in the lovely Kingdom of Smesselleo, but wish they could go on an exciting adventure. Tippy wants to travel to the jungle and meet a monkey because he...