The Adventures of Gracie & MonkeyBear: Winter, Book 2 is a children’s picture book written by C.S. O'Kelly and illustrated by Jordy Farrell. Gracie and MonkeyBear loved having adventures, and so Gracie was thrilled to announce that there had been a visitor to their backyard...

The Bridge in the Fog by Marc Remus is Book 3 in the Magora series, but works excellently as a stand alone. An amazing gate painting made by Holly's late grandfather, Nikolas, was in fact a portal to the magical world of Magora. When staring...

Angels, Angels Everywhere is a Christian picture book for children, grades K-3, written by Susan M. Branz and illustrated by Ashley D. Bostanic. Alieya loved to hear about the angels. She and her mom would spend hours talking about God and His angels, and her...

The Armoire by Ione Joy tells us the tale of Maxine, a psychology major in Wisconsin who returns home for her grandmother’s funeral. Maxine and her grandmother had always been extremely close and she had told Maxine on many occasions that she was destined for...

Water Monsters South of the Border by Denver Michaels dives into the fascinating field of Cryptozoology by examining the folklore and myths surrounding lake monsters in the Caribbean, Central and South America, and Mexico. Various reported sightings, theories, and all the possibilities behind these supposed...

People Are Seeing Something: A Survey of Lake Monsters in the United States and Canada by Denver Michaels depicts reported sightings from the Oklahoma Octopus to the Ogopogo in Canada. Michaels details the history and mythology of the lake monsters that have haunted people for...

The Book of Snow: Flurry the Bear, Book 4 is an epic fantasy novel for children and preteens written by J.S. Skye. Flurry was back safe and sound at home with his mommy and daddy in Middleasia, but the young teddy bear was tormented by...

Air Force Major Richard Hartman and his co-pilot Captain Deana Crown are given a simple mission; fly six nuclear missiles back to the United States on board the most advanced Stealth bomber in the world. The B-3 Boomerang is nearly invisible to radar and very,...

Meet Scary Jerry, the monster in Not So Scary Jerry by Shelley Kinder, who is trying to scare a little boy with his various antics. The boy and the monster strike up a friendship and the boy thinks monsters do not hug, though he is...

Flurry the teddy bear cub had already been through so much, so he couldn't understand why his mom had been so angry when she found him watching a pirate movie. The adventure was PG13, but tame compared to what he had already experienced in the...

Book three in the Flurry the Bear series, The Throne of Frost by J.S. Skye is another spellbinding read in a series that should be gaining a lot of fans among readers of children's fantasy and sci-fi. The inhabitants of Mezarim are suffering from inclement...

The Land of the Sourpie is the second book in the charming series about Flurry the bear by J.S. Skye. After reading book 1, I was glad to see book 2 was available for review. After three months with his new family in the...

I believe one of the most important ingredients of a child’s book is an appealing and adorable character. In The Granted Wish, by J.S. Skye, that character is Flurry. This little bear is a mischievous bundle of curiosity who gets himself into all kinds of...

The Assassin's Pact: Flurry the Bear, Book 6 by J.S. Skye is a continuation of the story of Flurry and his family. Before I even begin talking about the novel and the story, let me just say that the covers of this whole series were...

Haunted is a paranormal romance novel written by Shari Nichols. Karly was not in the market for a new romance. She was still recovering from her breakup with Chad, who had been unfaithful to her, and the store she and her sister, Sophie, had opened...

Man & Horse: The Long Ride Across America by John Egenes is a non-fiction travel memoir set in the 1970s. Man & Horse is a story about a solo journey that John undertakes with his horse, Gizmo, across the continental United States. The book is...

The Struggles and Growth of a Man by Jamell Crouthers is a slim and introspective poetic collection that allows the author to look back at his life, uncovering lessons from hardships, observing the harsh realities of life and capturing, in an evocative style, images of...

There couldn’t have been a better book to read this time than I Am . . .: Identity Crisis Undone—the Discovery of Who We Are Through the Eyes of God by Adriene Law, a book that trains the reader to shift their self-perception and embrace...

My Wonderful Wobbly World is the autobiography of Charles Irwin, an Englishman born in 1932 with serious physical handicaps resulting from a traumatic birth. He tells his impressive story through chapters which address different phases, issues and themes of his professional and personal life, and...

Hoot Hart is a 12-year-old boy who enjoys exploring the woods and open lands around his home out in the country in The Ghost of Saddle Mountain by Fred Whitman. Not part of any group at school, Hoot is at home in nature and loves...