Shelly’s New Shell is a children’s fable written and illustrated by Elisabeth Ekornes. Shelly is a hermit crab who loves to play in the ocean’s waves and has a lot of fun with her hermit crab friends. One day, she looks at Crabelina’s shell, which...

An unexpected trip to Narralong and the Splinter Island bird sanctuary is not what 11-year-old Taya Bayliss wants, but what can a kid do? Before she even leaves home, though, a mystery presents itself and leads to big action! Taya’s dad, ‘Birdman Bayliss’, is a...

Taya Bayliss: Snake Charmer is a children's and preteen mystery story written by E.J. Gore. Chris and Taya are good friends who also happen to have birthdays that are only eight days apart from each other. Chris’ grandparents have invited the two friends to have...

Honeybee's Dictionary 2 Volume 12: Honeybee Words A-Z & Meanings (Honeybee Series) by Jeanette Vuuren is the perfect educational book to teach kids about the world of honeybees. This is the twelfth book in the Honey Bee series and the second dictionary book that has...

A group of greedy active duty CIA operatives decides they want to cash out of government service by selling cutting edge technical secrets. They try to kidnap Leecy Granger, Ron and Valerie's daughter, as the first step in their plan. Boy, did they ever pick...

Hazelet's Journal: A Riveting Alaska Gold Rush Saga is more than the adventure of one man; it is the adventure of a nation seeking something bigger and more than themselves, of people who were willing and able to try to make a new path. The...

Hi-doh Hi-dee Ha-Ha chronicles the adventures of a boy whose fantastic journey brings him the knowledge of the meaning of life through song, laughter, and heart-throbbing, death-defying deeds. I loved the illustrations in Hi-doh Hi-dee Ha-Ha by Tom Calarco. They were quirky and funny and...

Teresa’s War by Margaret J. Carr is the story of Josef, his wife Hilde and their two daughters, Teresa aged seven and her younger sister Liesl, who are living in Austria in 1942. Teresa is now a very old woman and is sitting on a...

Onya is a very happy little girl. And she should be. She has loving parents and she loves her teachers and her friends. Everything in her life is good. Except when she is confronted by a mean bully. Then life becomes upsetting. But Onya knows...

I knew from the third paragraph of Milked by debut author Lisa Doyle, that I was going to simply love this book. “I certainly didn’t think that in the span of two years, I’d be an unemployed, single mother with my tits for rent,” was...

Love Them Back to Life by Ariane Page is interesting to say the least. A psychological and holistic look into both happiness and love, and why humans are so bad at finding peace with both, this book is a combination of science, speculation, and holistic...

Beneath Windom Castle: A Tale of Bopping Zombies is a preteen story by JoAnn Flammer. Princess Tai, Noah, Reggie, Willie and Ariel spend the day at an amusement park in Windom, but armed soldiers arrive in trucks and abduct most of the children at the...

Trespassers by Saul Delino is a story about how someone’s past can come back to haunt them. When Vincent Wright was a teenager, he, along with his friends, made a mistake. Years later he is disabled and trying to live his life in spite of...

Bloody Truth: A Granger Spy Novel by John J. Davis is the second novel in the Granger Spy Novel series, and again the award winning author has created a winner, packed with action and surprises to keep readers on the edges of their seats. This...

In Too Mad to Trust by Josh Nathan and Linda Nathan, Andy the main character learns what being a real friend and learning to trust is all about. He has an adventure and asks his friend to join him. Too Mad to Trust takes a...

Missing Inheritance is a murder mystery novel written by Ken Herring. Jackson Lockie had been trying to put off meeting with his deceased father's lawyer, who was the executor of his estate, but he finally relented when John Hampton insisted that they meet to discuss...

Extracts From Noah's Diary by Martin Bodek is a different take on the story of the Flood and Noah's famed involvement. And it also tells a fair bit about what happened after the Flood. The difference to other Noah stories is that this one is...

Wesley Out West by Rhonda Walker is a delightful adventure story for children where they get to read about Wesley the Walrus's journey to the Big West to save that town. Octopus wants Wesley's help as Old Walter the Whale has taken over and they...

From Race Horse to Trail Horse and Pet by Marion N. Seidel is the story of Billy, a thoroughbred gelding who started his life as a racehorse and then became a trail horse and pet when his racing career ended. Told from Billy's point of...

In Portmanteau by Paul Beardow, Portmanteau Investigations Agency is an investigative agency that has one difference over other agencies, namely the agents working for the agency have special psychic powers. The case of the disappearance of Mr. Peter Loveday’s wife, Laura, is investigated by following...