Santosh the Little Elephant is a children’s book written by Gilbert-Ian Rueda and illustrated by Gülistan Yildiz. Santosh is much smaller than other elephants his age. Avoiding all talk of the upcoming move, Santosh pretends to be asleep and overhears his parents discussing how they...

Over the course of three months, Jonathan Givens trekked across the United States with a Canon camera in his trusty van, The Mighty Buford - and got in a few flyer miles as well, but only because one can't drive to Hawaii. The mission was...

Cruising the Mississippi: From New Orleans to Memphis on a Genuine Paddlewheeler is a nonfiction travel memoir written by Al and Sunny Lockwood. Even before they met, Al and Sunny were both natural-born explorers. When they did meet, it was in California. He was a...

Lori Moore begins her book by introducing readers to Grady. Grady has a new toy fire truck with siren, lights, and a horn. Grady likes to play pretend and slides down his imaginary fire pole. This is a flip me book. The other story is...

Lori A. Moore has written a wonderful book to use with children when they have a pet die. "Hannah the Hedgehog Goes to Heaven" is Lily's account of when her pet Hannah dies and goes to heaven. Lily shares what she notices about Hannah when...

Linda Ruth Horowitz book While the Sands Whisper has great multi-media appeal. Through the eyes of Ayishah (her main character) – a freelance American-Israeli documentary photographer – the reader enjoys a stunning series of vignettes reminiscent of Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition. In While the...

Thrown Again into the Frazzle Machine by Margaret Dubay Mikus is a collection of poems reflecting a rough and unhappy patch in the author’s life, a period jolted by surgeries, with the collection intended to act as a life-boat in the journey through rough seas....

Chlory the Green Pig Makes Sugar (Food for Thought Books Volume 1) by Geoffrey Wilhite is an educational and informative book that teaches children about photosynthesis in a fun and interactive way. A sleepy sunflower is happy when she feels the warm sun. It helps...

Peter and the Whimper Whineys by Sherrill S Cannon is a story with a moral presented in a way designed to affect young listeners in a subtle manner, and it seems likely that concentration on such fascinating “food for thought” will work. Every other page...

Secret of the Starflower: Rainbow of Spectra is a work of children's fiction by author Jessica Kopecky. Sandy wasn’t like the rest of the seahorsicorns that she knew growing up in Spectra. While everyone at school had pretty colors and could vanish as a way...

Stephen Deck’s Land of the Story Tellers: 24 Stories and 7 Poems is a diverse and captivating anthology that pulls the reader through various experiences, periods, and emotions. The book’s long journey to publication feels like the culmination of an author’s dedication to observing life...

"Chocrotes and the World Without Questions" is the most brilliant tale of all times. It beautifully teaches children, and thus the future generations, that questions are good. I loved the story and certainly enjoyed the telling. It is a great book that needs to be...

Little Katie Goes To The Moon by Carmela Dutra tells the story of Katie and her dog Smudge, who take a wonderful journey to visit the Man in the Moon. Katie and Smudge don their space suits and take off on their journey, eventually...

Such colorful, friendly animals! Children will love the illustrations of cuddly animals created by illustrator Rich Olson in On My Way to the Lilikoi Tree by Jonna Amato Ocampo. The well-designed front cover attracts the attention of children and parents and draws them into the...

A family tragedy rips a young girl from her quiet life on a farm in Michigan, pre-World War II. For years, she refuses to speak and then she meets the butcher’s son. Together they build a world for themselves, each a haven for the...

Legacy of the Tropics is three inter-related stories combined into one dynamic read. Each of the stories has its own ups, downs and excitement tying the characters together in love, friendship, hardship, tragedy, joy and sorrow. “Promises” is a beautifully sad love story with Ciara...

Memories of the Future: My 2020 Vision is a work of fiction in the science fiction, time travel, and interplanetary adventure sub-genres, and was penned by author David W. Loomis. Written for a generally mature audience, there are some small instances of violence and sexual...

Changes are difficult for everyone, but for a young teenager, moving to a new community and settling into a new high school can be overwhelming. Fortunately for Cady, she quickly becomes friends with another girl, Irish, and a young boy, John Ray, who is slightly...

Mumageddon! And the Food Magician by Sonya Anise is the chaotic, comical, and heart-warming book you didn’t know you needed. This brilliantly crafted rhyming tale is a mischievous masterpiece that will have readers of all ages laughing, gasping, and occasionally cringing in delight. The story...

Rachel the Raccoon and Sammy the Skunk take a leisurely tour of the prairie near their home. Rachel has been studying the wildflowers and grasses that grow in the prairie and knows quite a bit about them; but Sammy has never learned about the plants,...