Limiting screen time for children has become a parenting nightmare for many. Arguments, frustration, and hopelessness are the norm in many parents’ daily lives. The Screen Switch by Anna Wells is designed with these parents' needs in mind. Finally, the antidote for the screen epidemic...

In Picasso's Hidden Legacy by Beatrix Koch, Marilyn Hendrickson, a New York art historian, time-travels back to 1925 Antibes with Boris Latsky, a brilliant scientist and her longtime partner. The goal? To persuade Pablo Picasso to paint one hundred secret works that would be buried...

In What Tree Are You? by Akila Selvaraj, readers are invited to discover their personality tree type. The book is broken down into several parts. Early on, there is a quiz to identify which tree you are, including mango, teak, bamboo, cherry blossom, sandalwood, and...

A Sanguinary Rose by E. L. Luengo follows Scarlett Rosenbaum, a high school student who lives in Farpoint, Washington. After a terrible night at a party, she is attacked while walking home and wakes up as a vampire. As she tries to manage new urges...

In her memoir Glimpses of Grace, Judith E. Bowen describes how she learned to receive and offer care in her life. She opens the memoir in her Rio Grande Valley yard, touching a green anole, a moment that leads her to examine an early childhood...

The Secret Child by David Thomas Kay is a historical paranormal novel and the third book in the Circles of Time series, preceded by book one, The Sword of Saint Isidores, and book two, The Ring of Mann. Kay's saga is centered around the legacy...

Dolly Parton once said, “The magic is inside you. There ain’t no crystal ball.” In C is for Courageous by Shanita Liu, young readers are taken on a warm, upbeat A–Z journey that shows them how courage is something they already possess. They just have...

Dr. Theresa Y. Wee’s My COVID-19 Diary is a day-by-day, raw account of her experience of the first nine months of the pandemic. She captures the turmoil of lockdowns from March to December 2020. As a pediatrician in Honolulu, her memoir examines professional challenges, such...

Writing your memoir is a big undertaking. For one thing, no matter how old (or young) you are, you have a lot of stories to share. So, where do you start? Lita Kurth’s Writing Memoir in Flashes is a good place to begin your memoir...

Daffy by Andrea Moriarty is a collection of stories focused on motherhood, especially the experience of raising children on the autism spectrum. Instead of following a single, linear narrative, the book unfolds through a series of personal essays and shared reflections by a close-knit group...

Only So Many Shopping Days Till Christmas by Jane and Haley Grecsek is a profanity-laced, hugely humorous self-help book that reimagines aging as a countdown to celebration rather than what many consider to be a somber walk toward oblivion. The book is inspired by a...

In So You Want To Be A Surgeon, Linda Soules invites young readers directly into the quiet, high-stakes world of the operating room. Far from the chaotic drama we usually see on television, this book shines a light on the real-world patience and intense preparation...

Talisman by Tom Catalano is not your usual time travel story. Archaeology student John Shaw is on a dig in Antigua with a team from the University of Chicago, led by the brilliant Professor Henri Rutherford. On the last day of the disappointing trip, they...

Alexander Fleming’s Penicillin Promise by Dr. Katherine E. A. Korkidis is an interesting and educational story featuring regular time-traveling kids, Daniel and Jennifer. Led by Dr. K, this adventure takes us back to London in 1928. The children are led through St. Mary’s Hospital,...

N.G. Avant’s Hammer (Witchy Women Book 1) follows four modern women who discover that they are witches connected to a prophecy seeded by Nemesis, the goddess of retribution. Each one has elemental magic. Jane, the Salem-based scholar of the circle, believes their mission is to...

In his memoir Last August, Joe Gulla shares the month he believes will be his mother Mary Ann’s final one at Calvary Hospital in the Bronx. Alzheimer’s has brought Mary Ann to the hospice, where ordinary conversation has stopped, yet Joe keeps arriving with the...

The Battle Rages On is Dr. Gerald D. Robison's deep dive into spiritual warfare, tracing the unseen conflict between good and evil from before the creation of the world through to the battles believers face today. Robison, a Bible teacher who has pastored churches on...

The Kikiloa Chronicles: Book One by Erik D. Larson is a sweeping, time-bending adventure that opens at the end of time and then doubles back to San Francisco, two hundred thousand years ago, and everywhere in between. At its center are two characters: Kiki, an...

DeAnn Spellman’s James & Jolene Visit the Queen tracks two well-dressed kids who head out for a whirlwind vacation across London. The story begins with James and Jolene arriving at Buckingham Palace, where they stop to admire the silent royal guards standing on duty. From...

Luv Tulsidas reminds readers that AI is no longer some futuristic concept; it is here right now and changing life as we know it. He shares his views in Up, Up, and AI: Strategies to Lead, Adapt, and Thrive in Changing Times. The book sets...