In The Night The Moon Went Dark by Gordon Kibbee, we are introduced to the man in the moon himself, Clarence de Lune. Clarence and his moonfluffies dance every night in order to create the moonlight up in the sky at night. One night while...

The Secret to the Secret by Aaron David Gottfried is a book about the book, The Secret. It sets out to explain why the well-known bestseller The Secret did not give people the results they hoped for. The Secret to the Secret is therefore a...

The Tortoise & The Fair is written and illustrated by J. R. Lamar. The fair is in town with all sorts of great ways to play and fun things to do. There are also lots of yummy treats with all sorts of toppings. Hot dogs,...

The Virgin and The Kings by Patricia Looper is the story of a young girl as she is forced to grow up a little too quickly due to her circumstances. Abishag knew that her future was not hers to make but for her father to...

The Buddha and the Bee: Biking Through America's Forgotten Roadways on a Journey of Discovery by Cory Mortensen is the story of a bicycle ride from Minnesota to California. Mortensen started without much planning, expecting a mostly trouble-free ride. But along the way he faced...

In The Watcher in the Night by Mike Maroney, a triple murder turns out to be even worse than it is first thought when there is more going on behind the scenes. An inquisitor for the Watch Cats, when Tobias investigates the brutal murder of...

The Wicked Wizard and the Worms by Judith M. Ackerman is the story of a wicked wizard. His life consists of traveling throughout his world and casting evil spells on anything he sees that is beautiful. Because he himself is ugly he turns whatever he...

The Sound Between the Notes: A Novel by Barbara Linn Probst is a great story that had me turning the pages nonstop, a tale of passion, identity, and art. It has been almost sixteen years since Susannah Lewis stopped pursuing a career as a pianist,...

The Blood of the Cactus by Joey Rodriguez is a Western novel set in the dry, barren, magical desert. This is the story of two very dangerous bandits, Alejandro and Yanga, who are pursuing vengeance for wrongs done to Yanga’s family in the past. They...

The Prince and the Thief by P.S. Scott is an LGBTQ story about two individuals each standing on the opposite ends of the social spectrum. On one side, we have Aidan, a righteous prince who wants social equality for everyone in the kingdom, holding a...

Students traveling between the past and present try to undo a defining traumatic moment in one man's life in the intriguing young adult science-fiction novel, The Promise of the Gateway by Nick Iuppa and John Pesqueira. Emily is a brilliant pupil but can't seem to...

One beautiful sunny day the Wolols decided to act out the classic story, Three Little Pigs. After Cowee helped make their costumes, the play started. Caco pig played the wolf and went to each little pig's house, just as the story tells. But it didn't...

The First Woman On The Moon is written by Jack Gillen and Vincent Chan. Jason Kramer was the commander of the Orion, Robert Smith was a navy pilot, and Amelia Caan, the third crew member, was the Science Officer on this space mission. The landing...

There is magic in the air as the teams arrive and prepare for the Junior Iditarod, the legendary dogsled race across the northern wonderland of Alaska. Siblings Stella and Billy are running their teams. But the route is full of danger and the two young...

It’s been fourteen years since Janna was a young girl, growing up in Lancaster County’s Old Order Mennonite community. She had some good friends amongst the Mennonites, Luke being her closest friend. Her mother dragged her away from these friends, but Janna never forgot. So,...

The world was absolutely perfect and delightful for the little girl Mimi-Lu but one day something terrible happened and the perfect world Mimi-Lu knew went away. It was gone for days, weeks, and months. One day something fluttered by and three purple butterflies began circling...

The Wonders of the Peculiar Parasol by Mark M. Even is a children’s book that will appeal to kids who love magic and sci-fi stories. It begins with Mandy’s mom driving her over to Grandma’s house. It was her cousin Mickey’s birthday the past week,...

The Three-Headed Dagger and The King's Son: Book Two is a fast-paced dark fantasy novel by author Henry Regnault. Five years have passed since the death of Cadence Mage and his brother Christopher. In the meantime, Graves and Meadow have moved in with Jenny. They...

A wonderful story and stunning artwork equal an excellent book. The Tale of the Tooth Mouse is an amazing story of how the Tooth Fairy—or Tooth Mouse—came into being. This imaginative tale will have children and their parents wondering if there is a Tooth Fairy...

The Legend of the Spirit Bear is a children’s book by Glenda Higgins, starring a white bear named Sydney. Having been a long-term inhabitant of the zoo, Sydney never had much chance to learn the ways of the world. One day, his caretaker mysteriously dozes...