Take it from me, an ex-pat Aussie living in Canada: Travel Rangers: Mission to Australia by Erika Bud is “bonza”! What? Oh, forgive me. I just got carried away thinking about the reactions of youngsters reading this delightful book and hearing some Aussie “lingo” (words)...

Did you know that there is a power in love and friendship, a healing power? Eli, the moon elf, must go on a mystical, magical journey to find herself and this power of love and friendship. Her best friend, Luna’s baby, has turned into hard...

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...

Occam is a work of fiction in the thriller and psychological suspense subgenres and was penned by author Kenneth James Allen. This spine-tingling read is intended for the mature adult audience owing to the presence of some explicit language and scenes of graphic violence. Writer...

What to Know Before You Get Your Dog by Margrit Strohmaier is a stunning little book for children (and some adults) that teaches us how to care for dogs in order to keep them healthy and happy. Through rhymes and beautiful pictures, the book highlights...

My Waterfall of Awakening: How Loss Can Bring You Home to the Life You Want: A Guided Journal is a work of non-fiction concerning women’s issues, social issues, and emotional resilience, and was created by author Sheila VanZile. Exploring issues of grief, loss, self-love, finding...

Adventures with Divot & Swish in the Ozark Mountains by Beth Brown is a fun story about bike riding and adventuring! I loved how it encourages kids to get out there and explore the world while being physically active. I also loved the various plugs...

The Prancestor Project by Christine Morse is a work of contemporary speculative fiction with a strongly tied counterfactual history component as it delves into the discovery of a possible ancient indigenous hominid-type advanced civilization, one which ruled the planet before any meaningful knowledge of the...

Crooked Deals: A Rick Malone Short Story Book 1 by Russell Williams is a mystery novella that involves a high-stakes investigation that follows a string of gruesome murders. After Miami-based detectives Malone and Peterson commence the investigation of a business executive found murdered in cold...

A Sea Gypsy's Odyssey by Tunku Badlishah is a powerful story of one man’s transformative journey, a cultural fiction novel that features a character you don’t often see in commercial novels. The story begins on the expanse of the Celebes Sea, where we are introduced...

Princess Lily and the Hair Fairy is a very imaginative story that will have children and parents wondering if it’s true. If you believe in the Tooth Fairy collecting lost teeth, you’ll believe in the Hair Fairy, who collects hair from children who lose theirs....

Stress kills! Too many parents fail to realize how stressful life has become for their children. There was a time when stress was foreign to children; now, stress is their chief problem. Carmel Shami realizes how much stress affects children and addresses this issue in...

Keys to Healthy Communication, by Bobby R. Patton, Ph.D., Rusalyn H. Andrews, Ph.D., and Jennifer Page Daily, MD, is a stellar guide to communication that you can benefit from today. Communication is more than simply talking to one another and listening. It's that, of course,...

Hugo von Hector the Kids' Art Collector, written by Whitney Beatty and primarily illustrated by Allyson Arrogante, is a children's picture book that tells the story of an unfulfilled artist in a magical realm. Hugo von Hector loves to create art but feels the work...

My Little Green Umbrella by Sandy Little is a charming story about childhood imagination. One day a little girl asks for the green umbrella she finds in a thrift shop. She leaves the store with the umbrella, and the wonderful adventures begin. The umbrella not...

Marlon Finds A Way by Dan Bailes centers around Marlon, a cat who has been dubbed Mad Marlon. Marlon isn’t a fan of this name and wants things to change. His mom tells him to count to ten whenever he gets angry so that he...

Carbon Under Pressure by Meg Heart is a book based on real events. This emotional and moving story begins with Rose being awoken by her sixteen-year-old daughter’s sobs and tears. Rose was taken by surprise at her daughter's emotional breakdown as she was always cheerful....

Have you ever heard of xylocarp? Or xylocarp cupcakes? I haven’t, but it is a real fruit. It’s actually a hard, woody fruit like the coconut. But, when you need a fruit that begins with the letter ‘x’, then xylocarp works quite well. Not to...

In C. Vonzale Lewis’s urban fantasy Zealot: Blood and Sacrifice Chronicles Book 2, Ronald Stewart is mocking Nicole. Goading her. Sending pictures of the people he had killed, people who looked like her. He was killing her in his mind over and over. Killing the...