Do you know what a toucan is? Well, it’s a beautiful bird with lots of bright colors. But it’s not supposed to sneeze. A young boy, looking for the perfect pet, explores the local pet store and finds a toucan tucked in the rear of...

A young woman falls in love with a man of questionable character who alters her life in unimaginable ways in the stunning historical novel, Face Down In Rising Sun: A Missing Small Town Girl and the Crime That Shocked the World by KD Allbaugh. When...

Daughter of Xiu by Aviilokín K'shi is a work of speculative narrative poetry written in dramatic metered verse and in the format of a verse novella. K'shi harnesses the power of a spiritual awakening many lifetimes in the making, tackling conventional, systemic sexism and the...

Katie Petruzziello's Mighty Mila: An Inclusive Children's Book about an Unstoppable Deaf Girl is about a bright and amazing young girl named Mila. Mila is a creative, smart, and hardworking girl. However, she feels frustrated because her parents are not treating her like a big...

Milo The Albino Dino is a children’s picture book written by Dolev Zaharony and illustrated by Marian Naseif. The story starts with Milo, an albino massospondylus dinosaur. His congenital disorder is rare amongst other dinosaurs, making him one in a million. While it is cool...

Losing a child is the greatest tragedy for a parent. While many cannot express their pain, others find solace in telling their experience. This is the case of author Lynn Jaffee, who in Love Pain: Stories of Loss and Survival narrates the sad story of...

Emilie by Ingrid Ramsdale takes us back to sixteenth-century France and a time of great change in French society as the predominantly Roman Catholic religion is being challenged by the rise of a new way of worshipping; the teachings of John Calvin and his Protestant...

(Mostly) True Tales of Birchmont Village begins with a fire. Peter J. Stavros describes the plight of the Johnsons, a family whose presence is missed when their house catches fire not once, but twice, on the same day. The family is discussed at length by...

Ledalina is the resurrected journal and collection of letters by its unknown, anonymous author, presumably written in the final trimester of the 19th century. The journal's keeper, Ishmael O. Ross, had the procured notebook and its entire contents translated by R. Batsbak from its native...

I’ll Meet You Where the Moon Touches the Water by Jillian Rodriguez is a children’s picture book that would appeal most to a mixed audience of parents/guardians, teachers, and children. This is a story filled with a focused relaxation technique known as guided imagery technique,...

Molly Morningstar, A Doll for Me, written by Andrea Coke and illustrated by M. Fernanda Orozco, is about a little girl named Molly who has just been invited to a birthday party. The invitation said to bring a favorite doll. The problem is that Molly...

Reading The Fables of Lokaii: The Heart of the Forgotten Tao by Aviilokín K'shi has been a unique and challenging experience, perhaps like a child first reading a holy script, knowing just enough to read the words but not quite able to comprehend the ideas,...

Iceapelago 2091 by Peter Brennan is a dystopian fiction novel that gives a glimpse into the future if we aren’t careful about the climate and we don't respect Earth. Ireland was almost destroyed by tsunamis when the Gulf Stream changed and divided it into 30...

Heartrender is book three in the Heartmender series by V. Romas Burton and a delightful fantasy that continues Addie’s journey to free her people from the deadly grip of a powerful enemy. In book two, Addie discovers that she is the Bellata, the one that...

Some songs are among the favorites of our childhood, which are always a pleasure to listen to and rediscover. Knick-Knack Paddy Whack is one of the most popular children's songs, and as it happens with all beautiful things, it is fun to modify it and...

If your idea of a fantastic read is one that has you turning those pages so fast you’re almost disappointed when the story’s finished, then you will love Don’t Kill Me Because I’m Beautiful by H. Gewirtz. What an excellent read for psychological thriller fans...

Ditching Success? A Career Ventured; A Life Regained by Batoul I. Ajlouni is a memoir with an intriguing title. Written from the first-person point of view, it documents the author’s journey from being an ambitious career woman, thriving on challenges and success to ultimate burn-out,...

Nerve Attack: A Kolya Petrov thriller by S. Lee Manning is a suspenseful thriller featuring Russian-Jewish immigrant and former American intelligence operative Kolya Petrov on a mission to stop a unique and dangerous terrorist attack. The only person who has the key to stopping the...

Bibliointuitive is a work of women's fiction by author Amy Q. Barker. What is intuition, and where does it come from? Riley wants to know. She doesn’t understand it other than knowing it started right after the car accident that seriously injured her and killed...

Weathered: Finding Strength on the John Muir Trail by Christy Teglo is a fascinating memoir that follows the author’s one-of-a-kind hike along the John Muir Trail. What is even more amazing is the fact that it is her first time on such an adventure. No...