No matter what you used to believe, Santa’s elves are not magical beings in pointy hats. They are ordinary humans like you and me, except they have some traumatic experiences in their past. Santa, or Mr. C as his beloved elves call him, has a...

In The Legend of Father Time: A Modern Legend by Apolonkia, Father Time is busy maintaining every element of order related to the movement of the earth and its seasons. When Father Time meets with Mother Nature and discovers that humankind is so self-absorbed they...

The Souvenir Game is a young adult coming-of-age thriller written by Christopher Renna. Sixteen-year-old Spencer Newhouse spends his time hanging out with the Wyatt Five, a group of five upper-class and somewhat privileged kids who are inseparable from each other. While playing the Souvenir Game,...

The Characters of Milestoneville: Collector’s Edition by Golden November continues the adventures of G and JBT as they come across something far too fascinating to ignore. The story opens with G announcing to JBT that he will quit the business. However, his plans need to...

The Magic of Words is a picture book that will be enjoyed by children and adults alike. Author Amy Mucci has written a rhyming book that makes us stop and ponder: what do we think when we hear certain words. The book provides us with...

The Doll by Laura Daleo is set in 2024 and tells the story of Jeremy Dillon who mourns the passing of his fiancée, Jenna Hess. Jeremy’s friends Matt and Missy help Jeremy to process the loss of his love. A stranger introduces Jeremy to The...

The Third Gambit by E. Ardell is the second installment in the Order’s Last Play Series. The story continues after the Lauduethe brothers save their older brother, Evan, and are forced to leave Earth to train as the chosen ones in Rema, a planet they...

Reading The Granny JJ Adventures Vol 5, Moh Wok Foh Do! by Joshua and Glenda Cartwright is much like being a detective. While British English is the official language of Guyana, most people in Guyana speak Guyanese Creole. That language is easy for native English...

The Cowboy by Amanda Lewis takes you to a quaint little town in Texas where Bea St. Claire decides Elijah Callahan is the man she will marry. During the summer vacation, Elijah goes into town every Wednesday to eat out and grab his dog a...

The Long Road Home is a heartbreaking biographical account by Ella Anderson, whose brother lost his life under mysterious circumstances. Growing up in an unstable home with a drunk, PTSD-ridden father and a neglectful mother, Ella and her siblings had to learn to care for...

A young Spaniard must find his way home from the future to save his sister and help his family escape a Native American uprising in the stunning historical era novel, The Blue Mesa by Olivia Godat. In 1664 Don Rafael Montez took possession of his...

"Do you fear yourself as you truly are? Come. I am the Lich beyond name. Come. Join the Coven. There is much to be done." Mikayla Meyers invites readers to let their imaginations wander in the eerie world of The Farmhouse (Country Tales of Terror)....

How do you help athletic children with lots of energy but not enough sportsmanship? Scott Charles explores the options in The Breaking Game. Rebecca is 12 years old and loves to play soccer. She tends to get extremely aggressive and over-competitive, especially when she thinks she...

The Apocryphal of Lazarus is a work of fiction in the historical and literary subgenres and was penned by author Pablo Zaragoza. The work is best suited to the adult reading audience for its complex themes and serious emotional content concerning death, faith, and torment....

The Squiggly Wiggly Worm by Lindsey Coker Luckey is a fun, silly rhyming story. The squiggly worm starts on an adventure one day, meeting various creatures along the way. Each meeting results in a new rhyme and another descriptor being added to the worm. When...

Noah and Emma go inside their home after playing together outside when they realize the floor has turned into lava! They begin traversing their house, trying to avoid stepping on the floor so they don’t get burned. Their dog, a water dragon during the game,...

In a fantasy world of fighting and warriors, Líf stands apart from those around her. For as long as she can remember, she has been able to see creatures that accompany each person’s spirit, and this ability makes her unique, but not in a good...

Let’s face the fact that moving is stressful. Of course, it is stressful for all of us, but this stress is often seen as sadness and fear, especially in children. Children fear the unknown. Sally Beale deals with the fear produced from moving in her...

The Madness of Being: Stories by Ron D'Alena is a compelling volume of stories that looks at the extraordinary, sometimes dark lives led by everyday people. They could be your neighbor, they could be a family member, or they could be you. The author deserves...

Ben Myers has done a superb job introducing The Apostles’ Creed: For All God’s Children to young readers. However, every Sunday morning, many if not most churches recite the Apostles’ Creed, but how many people understand what it means? Children recite it because that is...