Dads are wonderful. They love their little girls and they enjoy spending time with them. But, one thing dads are not very good at doing is a little girl’s hair. Especially if it’s long and thick. As a little girl, I don’t think I could...

Have you ever had a green cake? No, not a mint cake, but a green cake, one made with pistachios. That’s right, pistachios, also “called the happy nut because they smile at you.” Well, at least that’s what Grandma says. She’s visiting Shani for the...

Cats, Ghosts, and Gremlets by Tarra Light is the second book in the Cats Can Save the World trilogy. Their current lack of a home forces Tom and Kriya to become caretakers overseeing a mysterious mansion. But their new home isn’t perfect and they quickly...

Clear your schedule and grab a tissue; Susan Antony's It Happened on Thunder Road is tear-inducing and full of emotion. Emmy has just returned home to Moncks Corner from a summer with her dad in New Jersey, but everything has changed. It's bad enough her...

‘You need a crime, a detective, and the solution” - Kerry Greenwood. Private Ivy is the second children’s mystery book in The Legacy Series by Steven Cortinas. Ivy Virtue has a very sharp tongue, a fearless, headstrong attitude, and fantastic detective skills for a twelve-year-old....

Peace Dreamer: A Journey of Hope in Bad Times and Good by Cheryl Melody Baskin touched me to the core. It invites readers to grow to the full stature of their humanity by tapping into the core values that define who they are — social...

Miami’s Yester’Years: Its Forgotten Founder Locke Tiffin Highleyman by Patricia Daly-Lipe is an astonishing account of the history of Miami and Southern Florida, beginning in 1513. “This is the story of the conversion of that “swamp” of “grass and mire” to a fancy metropolis.” The...

More than a collection of poems, Black Forest Dreams by Joseph Kuhn Carey is a travelogue of a poignant journey through Germany. The trip is to introduce the land of their ancestors to his young family. His grandparents and his great-uncle courageously left their wooded...

In today's age, many of our problems have advanced beyond the prevalent system of thinking. Do You QuantumThink? aims to enlighten readers about how the mind works and how an individual's consciousness acts to generate their world and their unique experience of life. The book...

Without Rhyme: A Poet's Story by Bles Chavez-Bernstein is a collection of free-flowing verses, poems that capture some of the important moments in the author’s life. Inspirational in nature and intimate, it is brimming with strong imagery, capturing the author’s life as a young girl,...

Eleven Sundry Flowers by Frank Mundo is both a picture book and an inspirational book of love poems. Though relatively short, an enormous amount of artwork and thoughts about life, love, and how the writer truly enjoys his existence fill the pages. The artwork and...

What would you be able to do if you were an octopus? With eight legs, would you be able to do more things at once and get all those nasty chores out of the way faster? Shani T. Night’s picture book story, If I Were...

Whispers In Verse by Cynthia A. Morgan is a collection of poetry that reads like a combination of poetic Shakespeare and a mysterious conjuration of a magician from the medieval era. The two blend into one unique writing style, which creates a sense of peace...

What They Didn’t Burn: Uncovering My Father’s Holocaust Secrets by Mel Laytner is the non-fiction memoir of the author in which he documents a paper trail that leads to a search spanning the globe. Laytner is a journalist, which proves helpful in both the investigation...

Dr. Carolyn Waters Broe is a conductor, composer, and violist. Carolyn brings her love for music and education to the fore in her book Fifty Famous Composers for Kids of All Ages. This book is a fantastic resource for those who love music. She discusses...

Victim: A Feminist Manifesto from a Fierce Survivor by Karen Moe is a powerful, immersive memoir about patriarchal hierarchy and how it allows a climate for abuse to occur and go under-addressed. This book is several things at once: It's a compelling survival story of...

Mona Lisa, Becoming a Ghost by A.L. Mengel is a work of supernatural fiction that explores ambition, longing, broken promises, and regret from the point of view of an artist named Pedro. Among the living mortals walk the immortals, those who are not susceptible to...

Double-Edged Sword: A Novel of Reconstruction by J.D.R. Hawkins is a mesmerizing historical novel set against the backdrop of the years following the Civil War in Alabama. The protagonist is a Confederate cavalryman, David Summers, who returned home to Alabama after the war as a...

Healing Yesterday's Tears by Kyli Santiago is an inspiring poetry book about overcoming emotional baggage and discovering self-love. Using her own life as her muse, Kyli Santiago pens beautifully crafted poems that draw inspiration from some of the darkest moments in her life. Kyli had...

Lost Soul is an epic fantasy novel by Charles Carfagno. Since he arrived in the demon realm from the Place of Other, Tracs has steadily risen through the ranks to become the protector of Aradia, ruler of demons. But when Aradia goes missing out of...