No Rain Today (Clouds in the Wide Blue Sky Book 1) by Kristen Iten is an adorable story for kids. A happy little cloud was watching everything below him as he was floating by. He liked to watch the kids playing. One day he realized...

The world is changing, and it’s easy to feel overwhelmed when thinking about the vulnerabilities and challenges that our planet is facing. Climate change, habitat loss, and the degradation of natural resources are big issues, and it can be hard for the average person to...

Nightflower of Comanche Mound by Katlyn Bates is a coming-of-age story with a distinctly different flavor. Charley Kensey is sixteen and, with her father no longer part of the family, is vainly searching for familial connection and her place in the world. She invites herself...

What a fantastic book! Although I am not a Warrior Wife, as the wife of a police officer, I found a lot of relatable words of wisdom in Hillary Sigrist's Warrior Wife: Overcoming the Unique Struggles of a Military Marriage. It broke my heart when...

Mousekabitz by Meaghan Fisher and illustrated by Tina Dunnier is an endearing pictorial storybook, which introduces young readers to the concept of perseverance. The book also helps a child develop problem solving skills, as well as a vibrant imagination. Children are often attracted to and...

Giuseppe's Famous Pizza Pies by Meaghan Fisher is about pizza chef, Giuseppe who lives in Rome. Tourists flock from far and wide to taste his delicious pizzas. He would also entertain them with his antics as they waited in line to get their pizzas. But...

I Love Lady Bugs was written by Meaghan Fisher and illustrated by Middy Mathieu. This book was inspired by Emma Rose, the author’s young daughter. Emma Rose loves lady bugs and searches for them in her house and on her toys. I Love Lady Bugs...

Owlie Learns to Fly by Meaghan Fisher is the cute story of little Owlie who is a bit nervous about learning to fly. His brothers and sisters are excited, but Owlie is apprehensive about going on his first flight. Owlie hears from his brother how...

What courage do we require to look at our broken pieces of life and want to put them together? In Frantic Unleashed: Navigating Life After Suicide — A Survivor's Journal, Missy Palrang shares her story of grief and healing; a poignant narrative that is as...

Find Mind, written by Ziji Rinpoche and illustrated by Celine Wright, is a children's wellness education picture book and the third in the BeginningMind Series, preceded by book one, Where is Mind? and book two, Strong Mind and followed by book four, Kind Mind and...

A Veil of Glass and Rain: Special Edition (A Touch of Cinnamon) (Volume 1) by Petra March is a contemporary romance set in Europe that flashes back and forth between past and present to tell the full story of Brina and Eagan's love. Brina and...

A Different Kind of Lovely: A Novel by Petra March is a story that begins with an intriguing line: “Mina Automne danced through the pain until she managed to turn it into pleasure.” And that is an awesome way of introducing a ballerina, a woman...

Weaving A Tapestry of Dreams boggles the mind. Jess Fulton pens a uniquely imaginative novel. This is a story, about a story, within a story. Opening with a beginning writing class, the speaker challenges the students in the audience. “You have an obligation to the...

Socrates said, ‘The unexamined life is not worth living.' Starting from that premise, Donna Baier Stein creates characters who are questioning who they are and how they really fit into the world and families around them in her thought provoking anthology, Sympathetic People. Examining feelings...

Shattered Earth: Approaching Extinction by Ian Prattis is a compelling prophecy for humanity. In this book, the author gives a strong warning against the threat to which human greed and abuse of the environment have subjected the earth. It is painful to read, but this...

Katie Otey beautifully and humorously captures the struggles of growing up with siblings, especially when they have differing personalities, as is often the case, in this endearing, illustrated children’s book, Izzy’s (Almost) Epic Day. Izzy is an eleven-year-old sixth grader with an overactive imagination that...

Amie Savage Safari by Lucinda E. Clarke is the latest in a series of books that opened with an ordinary English housewife relocating to Africa to further her husband’s career. Upon his death, Her Majesty’s government forcibly recruited Amie as a spy, leaving her...

I’ve had the privilege of reading one of David McDonald’s earlier books, “There are No Unwounded Soldiers,” and because it was so emotionally charged, I wanted to read another one of his collections of poetry. McDonald is a hero in my view. In “I Never...

Tuning: Poems by Kathryn Beam Troxler is a collection of inspirational and nature-themed poems. Troxler’s subjects are wide-ranging; many of her poems are inspired by the ocean, forests and woodlands, and her own garden. Others share her travels to other lands and responses to art...

Echoes of Ancient Times is a work of fiction in the science fiction, mystery fiction, and interpersonal drama sub-genres, and was penned by author Nikolas Lain. Disaster on a global scale looms as the nuclear option is put on the table, but there are only...