Jack Ferrington and the School For Swabbies by Clint Perry is the place to go if you want to learn to be a pirate. Jack has had his fill of elementary school and is ready to move on to Moray Middle, a Pirate School....

Jesus in Our Time by Nilanjana Sanyal is an insightful and beautiful story about one woman’s spiritual journey, a story that captures the political and social issues of contemporary society with forensic clarity. When the story begins, the reader is introduced to a couple having...

Orville Mouse and the Puzzle of the Capricious Shadows: Orville Wellington Mouse Book 3 is a young adult adventure fantasy written by Tom Hoffman. Orville’s dream seemed so real; but this was nothing new to him -- Orville was quite familiar with dreams that felt...

A Story of Life, Fate and Finding the Lost Art of Koka Ninjutsu in Japan, written by the founder of the Dominican Martial Arts Association and author of several books about Japan, Daniel DiMarzio tells of how he decided to move to Japan, where he...

Delilah Dillard is a happy little red-headed girl with freckles. She lives with her grandparents in a small town and walks to school every day with her best friend and body guard, Diesel, a rowdy red-headed rooster, tagging along. There were two mean bullies at...

Navigating the Maze of Energy Efficiency Projects by Jeff Julia is one of the best books I have read on energy efficiency, an area of focus that has attracted a lot of attention, thanks to cutting-edge technologies and the drive to cut costs in business...

Baguette Bear Learns the colours by Alison Mcrobbie is an educational children's book about a bear named Baguette. Baguette is making a painting, but suddenly he goes missing. Where could he be? There are red footprints, and if you follow them you will see Baguette,...

Effen unusual…effen creative…and effen off the beaten track. Such is the offering called Oh The Effen Places You’ll Effen Go by everyone’s sage and most probably favorite Uncle Josh. The book is best characterized as the cool life speech given by someone’s favorite, super cool...

World of the Innocent by Nadine C. Keels is a promising and powerful coming-of-age story. Jhoi, pronounced Joy, is a young adult and talented poet. In World of the Innocent, Jhoi tells about her time at The Ourmorie, where she meets with a group...

Barrow of the Damned is a young and new adult horror novel written by Jonathan J. Drake. Gavin, Dale, Katie and Jane were having a blast during the week-long extended role-play event hosted by Mr. Stephens at the Wardhope Centre, but the foam swords and...

Slipper loves to play with her friends. She is a cat, after all. And cats love to play. When her best friend, Buddy, who just happens to be a dog, comes over, Slipper is very excited. She is surprised to meet Buddy’s roommate, Julia, a...

Maurpikios Fiddler: The Red Ruby of Edo is book three in a series of extraordinary tales of magic, hope lost and found, and love, written by M.J. Logan. Readers are presented with fantasy at its best, with sophisticated characters and a powerful conflict between the...

Talking Tales: The Bright Red Tricycle by Erica Graham is an adorable story that revolves around Ryan and his bright red tricycle, which loves riding every day. The tricycle had bright red paint that shimmered in the sun and he was the happiest tricycle in...

For those seeking greater understanding of their lives from a spiritual perspective, this book is invaluable. Born and raised in Taiwan, Jiayuh Chyan came to the US in 1988 for graduate school. After a marriage of 17 years, and a divorce, the author embarked on...

What a sweet and informative tale! Tyler the Fish Visits the Lorain Lighthouse, written by Meaghan Fisher and illustrated by Tim Rowe, is, as the title suggests, an engaging tale about a young fish on his very first school field trip. (Get it? Fish school!...

The outstanding illustrations in Who Laid The Egg? will attract readers who’ll want to know which eggs were laid by which animal. Author Audrey Sauble has created a wonderful, but simple story of animals and the eggs they lay. Who Laid The Egg? is a...

Hombo and his two children will captivate the hearts of young readers in Hombo The Tortoise: Going To School With Loud Animals by Godwin Temisa. Hombo’s children are not fast like Speedy the dog and they cannot hike like Sassy the Ferret, but they are...

Readers, are you curious to learn what awaits you in this story of Captain No Beard and the Aurora Borealis by Carole P. Roman? I am! The opening scene finds the crew gasping when they see the giant ice mountain. The crew is shivering and...

A Flag for the Flying Dragon: A Captain No Beard Story, Volume 9 by Carole P. Roman opens with the ship sailing through the dark waters and the crew busy with their chores. Captain No Beard is looking for Mongo and they find him struggling...

First Look Through the Window: A Journey of Self-Discovery by Roxanne Collins is a non-fiction, self-help book which is packed with different types of information such as amazing quotes by some of the greatest philosophers including Camus and Sartre (among my favorite writers), extremely useful...