Battle in the Valley by Cole Blumer and Susanne Blumer is part of the Bell Tower Bible Adventure Series, which offers a creative approach to teaching children stories from the Bible. Twins Caroline and Chip and their friend Billy have stumbled upon a way to...

During times of challenges and making life decisions, we all come to a place where we must watch and focus on what our self-talk is saying. The words that we feel and experience may come to us like a flood but the best anecdotes are...

There are times when life can be scary and even painful and we just don’t know what to do. Aaa’Lee felt that way many times. Starting as a tiny seed, cast in the wind, spinning out of control, she called out to her Momma tree,...

This I Know by Clay Anderson is a lovely little children’s book about finding beauty in nature. The story begins with a girl waking her baby sister in excitement about the day ahead. Through rhyme and playful illustrations, we go on a trip with this...

The Cherry Larrys vs. Poison Berry is a children’s serial action and adventure/fantasy picture book written by Crystal Bussell and illustrated by Art Mawhinney. Berries, fruit, and vegetables all lived happy lives in the little town known as Far Away. Their harmonious existence was shattered,...

Have you ever read a book that had you so riveted you were shocked to realize you had reached the end of the story? That's what happened to me as I raced through the pages of New America Awakenings by Tyler Davis. Davis had me...

Joseph Woodward pens an action-packed young adult adventure in Back Running. How do you survive without any electrical power? No internet. No gasoline. No stocked supermarkets. The world is about to find out. In the aftermath of a world-wide power blackout, Coach Bob Byson and...

Who’s Jerry? by T.M. Jackson is a children’s picture book about mental illness, specifically schizophrenia. The little girl, Imani, is struggling throughout most of the story to understand what is happening to her mother and trying to figure out who this Jerry person is that...

Finnigan the Lionhearted by Mary T. Wagner brings readers the adventure of attending a circus for the first time through the eyes of a little mouse, Maximillian. Max and his cousin, Leroy, grew up in the Farnsworth Circus Museum. When a circus comes to town,...

Martyrs and Manifestations: Hexed Poems and Art for Holiday Gatherings is a collected work of imaginative poetry and emotive wordplay, penned and illustrated by author Milan Sergent. As the title suggests, this quirky and highly enjoyable work showcases the poetic talents of the author, whose...

Paige Reynolds considered herself a plain Jane and sourced validation from social media platforms. She didn’t have a huge following on her accounts; her likes were low, and comments were discouraging. Alexis, her former high schoolmate, heightened Paige’s insecurities because she was the social media...

Winning Strategies For ACT Essay Writing: With 15 Sample Prompts by Dr. Aimee Weinstein is a handy manual for students who are preparing for their ACT exams. The book provides 15 sample prompts and once the method to approach the prompt is mastered, the process...

Neon Noir: Episode One is a serial hard-boiled detective novella written by Jayme Lee. Dalton’s office was not the polished affair some imagined the natural habitat of a private eye, but it did mostly conform to the reality of an often gritty and danger-filled occupation....

My Father: Experiencing God’s Love A-Z by Pamela A. Taylor is an inviting acrostic devotional simply written to encourage readers to exercise a reflective routine towards God’s Word, His attributes, and a habit of prayer. Each letter of the alphabet is backed by a phrase,...

Your Vitamins are Obsolete: The Vitamer Revolution: A Program for Healthy Living and Healthy Longevity by Sheldon Zablow, MD focuses mainly on vitamins B12 and folate in their vitamer forms. The book is a handy manual to understand the importance of vitamers and how they...

Floyd loves to dance! Floyd just happens to be a flamingo. In Floyd the Flamingo Likes to Flamenco by Rachelle Jones Smith, he dances by himself and is quite content. His parents encourage him to join the other flamingos and he willingly complies. The other...

Nicole Beverly’s abusive ex-husband offered fellow prisoners payment to murder her. Finding Nicole is a graphic memoir recording the author’s experiences as a victim, and survivor, of shocking domestic violence and her battle for justice and safety. It includes, at the end, a brief guidebook...

Crash: How I Became a Reluctant Caregiver by Rachel Michelberg is a memoir that details an important period in her life. After a couple of broken engagements, she got married to David and had two children. Rachel had lost satisfaction in the marriage, but she...

Who doesn’t love a good, wholesome fairy tale, complete with a Fairy Queen, who also happens to be the tooth fairy and protector of Bluebell Forest! I know I do. Following the Fairy Queen’s adventure between the magical, mystical world and the real world, we...

In Last Temptation, Sloane Virago challenges us with character evaluation. Each character is a troubling mixture of good and bad. With one exception they are twenty-somethings making their separate ways through finding careers and love. Each inspires and disappoints. Jacob, at first the seeming protagonist,...