Conferencing: Let's Talk it Over (Writing is a Process) (Volume 5) by Terri Kelley is about the requirements of conferencing while writing stories. There are several volumes to this beautiful series which deals with the many aspects of writing. This series introduces and guides children...

The Tinfoil Girl is a fable written by Olivia Miller. It's the story of a girl who's modeled out of tin foil, and the adventures she has when she's whisked away from her home by a gust of wind. Being made of tin, she's impervious...

Revising: It’s Time for a Change written by Terri Kelley is a great resource for learning what revision is. Terry targets a younger audience by using rhymes throughout her book. As an editor, I found myself nodding with every line I read. From the very...

Presenting: It’s Time to Share! is Terri Kelley’s last book in the Writing as a Process series. In this book, Kelley summarizes the whole process, beginning with brainstorming then the rough draft. After the rough draft, the editing occurs; then the writer and others meet...

I Want a Pet by Terri Kelley is a delightful rhyming picture book, which introduces children to the concept of responsibility. The book can also introduce them to problem solving, thinking skills, and decision making. Books designed and written with rhyming words and colorful illustrations...

'The Locket Lesson' by Terri Kelley is a story that teaches small children values and ethics. The story is about a little girl who goes for shopping with her mother. She likes a locket in the store and while nobody is watching, she slips it...

He's All Over the Place! by Terri Kelley is a delightful story for children. The story revolves around a young boy who gets a new pup as his pet. He tries to think of a suitable name for the pup and none seem to fit....

Kids and adults alike often take a ribbing for the way that their name sounds or the nicknames that can be formed from the use of their names. At times, those added names can be mean. However, What’s In a Name? written by Terri Kelley...

Because most people in today’s society believe that beauty is only skin deep, I Am Beautiful by Terri Kelley and illustrated by Ana Zdravkovic, is a way to start children off right, believing that their worth and their beauty is found in the many things...

Tongue Twisters are a fun and memorable part of childhood. Who doesn't remember Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers? In Terri Kelley's new book for kids aged K-3rd grade, we get to experience tongue twisters all over again. There were the classics like...

Come Fly With Me! by Terri Kelley tells children about traveling in a plane. Traveling by plane can be a scary experience for many children, especially if they are going in it for the first time. The young boy in the story tells us his...

As J.M. Ney-Grimm’s tale begins, Sarvet is filled with joyous anticipation. The fifteen-year-old knows that the day about to dawn is no ordinary one. For it is Other-joy and, rather than the drudgery of regular chores, there is celebration. However, several things threaten to lessen...

The loss of a loved one is unfortunately something that touches everyone’s life at some point. In this compassionate and endearing children’s book, Thank You, Shadow, Terri Kelley broaches this painful, yet important, subject. The story starts with the direct and poignant lines, “Today is...

What do you do when everything everyone has ever said about your relationship turns out to be true? That’s the question Shelly must ask herself after her husband Cal betrays her, in the most clichéd of ways, after a Vegas bachelor party. With six years...

A Meeting of Clans by Kathleen Flanagan Rollins intrigued me all the way through. This fictional fantasy takes place 14,000 years ago and explores the migration of a small group of people who, for one reason or another, either have been exiled from their homeland,...

Young Wayne Gamm has a special connection to horses and other farm animals – innocence and an open heart. Fate Twister: The Story of Wayne Gamm by Owen Jones follows Wayne from his birth one stormy night in June to his early twenties. His mother...

His PhD is in Hypocrisy: And Other Poems about My Crappy Ex-Boyfriend by Tayo Oredein is a book of poems that revolves around a Muslim guy named Steven. The author used to be madly in love with him, and she takes us on a poetic...

Sinister Sentiments by K.C. Finn is a collection of tales with dark endings featuring various monsters and ghouls. In The Maybe Man, Gregg makes a Faustian deal with a mysterious man for power and glory, but it comes at a price. In The Demon's in...

White Mountain by Sophe E. Tallis is the first book in the Darkling Chronicles series. An epic tale of good versus evil, White Mountain follows the arduous journey of a wizened powerful mage, Marvalla Agyk, as he seeks to destroy the evil changeling who stole...

Soul Secrets by Miki Jacobs is an interesting and useful spiritual guide meant for people interested in contacting their soul "team," which includes spirit guides, guardian angels and departed ones. What I love about this book is that it is a simple guide which first...